poetic techniques

Question 1

consonance

Answer 1

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

Question 2

sibilance

Answer 2

repetition of the ‘s’ or ‘sh’ or ‘zh’ sound- doesn’t have to be the start of the word

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

a figure of speech that suggest a non literal similarity

Question 4

similie

Answer 4

a figure of speech that suggest a non literal similarity, using as or like for comparison

Question 5

oxymoron

Answer 5

conjoined contradictory terms

Question 6

assonance

Answer 6

the repetition of similar vowels in successive word

Question 7

repetition

Answer 7

respecting word, idea or image

Question 8

hyperbole

Answer 8

extravagant exaggeration

Question 9

onomatopoeia

Answer 9

using words that imitate the sound they denote

Question 10

allusion

Answer 10

passing reference or indirect mention

Question 11

personification

Answer 11

attributing human characteristics to non human things or abstract ideas

Question 12

juxtaposition

Answer 12

the face of two things being seen or placed close toghether with contrasting effect

Question 13

caesura

Answer 13

a pause near the middle of the line

Question 14

rhyme

Answer 14

similarities in the final sounds of two or more lines

Question 15

meter

Answer 15

the rhythm created by stressed and unstressed syllables is called this

Question 16

rhythm

Answer 16

the beat and pace of a poem

Question 17

couplet

Answer 17

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of a verse

Question 18

free verse

Answer 18

poetry that doesn’t rhyme it have a regular rhythm

Question 19

stanza

Answer 19

verse

Question 20

enjambment

Answer 20

continuation from one line of verse into the next line