English Poetic Techniques Flashcards
(12 cards)
What is allteration?
Words that have the same sound at the start of the word
What is a simile
A simile is as and like an example is “as quiet as a mouse”
What is metaphor
A metaphor is were you compare two nouns in the present tense
What is anaphora
Anaphora is a word or phrase from the start of a sentence
What is onamatopia
Onomatopia is a word that actually looks like the sound it makes
What is repition
Repition is a word that is said more than twice
What is Enjabment
Enjabment is a sentence in a poem with no puncuation
What is a Rhyme scheme
A Rhyme scheme is a poets delibrate patterns of lines
What is a caesura
A caesura is a pause in a poem
What is stanza
A stanza is a paragraph in a poem
What is sibilance
Sibilance is a literary device where strongly emphasized hissing or husing sounds repeated in a sentence
What is Juxtapotsion
Placing two things side by side so as to highlight their different
