Poetic Technique

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Comparing something without using like or as.

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Comparing something with like or as

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human characteristics to objects

Question 4

Rhyme

Answer 4

The way endings of word sound the same or similar.

Question 5

Stanza

Answer 5

Anther name for verse (the sections poems may be organised into.)

Question 6

Repetition

Answer 6

Reapeting the same word or phrase at least 2 times again for effect.

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

Description that creates an image in the reader’s mind.

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

The sounds of words matching the sound being described.
E.g buzzed, chop , bang

Question 9

Symbol /symbolism

Answer 9

Something used to stand for or represent something else.

Question 10

Alliteration

Answer 10

Starting sounds of words are the same.

Question 11

Oxymoron

Answer 11

Two contrasting words /phrases next to each other.

Question 12

Caesura

Answer 12

A pause in the middle of the line.

Question 13

Sibilance

Answer 13

Repetition of words.

Question 14

Rhythm

Answer 14

The pace of the poem.

Question 15

Enjambment

Answer 15

When the ideas in lines of a poem run through to anther line to create
an never ending story or intense scene.

Question 16

Juxtaposition

Answer 16

Two contrasting ideas or images / near each other.