poetic techniques

Question 1

Part of a poem that makes the reader or audience feel sorrow or pity.

Answer 1

PATHOS

Question 2

PUN

Answer 2

A play on words

Question 3

A play on words

Answer 3

PUN

Question 4

Conjoining (putting together) two contradictory terms ex. deafening silence

Answer 4

OXYMORON

Question 5

OXYMORON

Answer 5

Conjoining (putting together) two contradictory terms ex. deafening silence

Question 6

RHYTHM

Answer 6

The arrangement of words in a poem with stresses on different syllables or parts of the poem.

Question 7

The arrangement of words in a poem with stresses on different syllables or parts of the poem.

Answer 7

RHYTHM

Question 8

RHYME

Answer 8

Using words that sound the same.

Question 9

Using words that sound the same.

Answer 9

RHYME

Question 10

SYLLABLE

Answer 10

An unbroken sound that is part of a word and is used to make up a word.

Question 11

An unbroken sound that is part of a word and is used to make up a word.

Answer 11

SYLLABLE

Question 12

Playing around with words such that the meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning.

Answer 12

IRONY

Question 13

IRONY

Answer 13

Playing around with words such that the meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning.

Question 14

The message of the poem; the point the author wishes to make.

Answer 14

THEME

Question 15

THEME

Answer 15

The message of the poem; the point the author wishes to make.

Question 16

What the poem is about (the ‘subject matter’)

Answer 16

TOPIC

Question 17

TOPIC

Answer 17

What the poem is about (the ‘subject matter’)

Question 18

TONE

Answer 18

The attitude of the writer towards his subject matter.

Question 19

MOOD

Answer 19

Feelings expressed. Includes what the writer/speaker feels AND how the reader feels when they read the poem. May also be related to the atmosphere created.

Question 20

The attitude of the writer towards his subject matter.

Answer 20

TONE

Question 21

Feelings expressed. Includes what the writer/speaker feels AND how the reader feels when they read the poem. May also be related to the atmosphere created.

Answer 21

MOOD

Question 22

White suggests purity & cleanliness; red – passion & sometimes blood/violence; black – darkness & despair etc.

Answer 22

COLOUR

Question 23

COLOUR

Answer 23

White suggests purity & cleanliness; red – passion & sometimes blood/violence; black – darkness & despair etc.

Question 24

POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES

Answer 24

tremendous, delirious, fabulous, heavenly V’s heavy, ugly, rusty, terrible, horrific etc.

Question 25

tremendous, delirious, fabulous, heavenly V’s heavy, ugly, rusty, terrible, horrific etc.

Answer 25

POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES

Question 26

POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE VERBS

Answer 26

to shine, to gather, to spring, to capture, to soothe, to comfort, to light, to brood etc.

Question 27

to shine, to gather, to spring, to capture, to soothe, to comfort, to light, to brood etc.

Answer 27

POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE VERBS

Question 28

RHYTHM AND SOUND EFFECTS

Answer 28

If fast can suggest excitement, danger or anger. If slow can suggest relaxation, sadness or disappointment

Question 29

If fast can suggest excitement, danger or anger. If slow can suggest relaxation, sadness or disappointment

Answer 29

RHYTHM AND SOUND EFFECTS

Question 30

IMAGERY

Answer 30

The picture the writer creates using words.

Question 31

The picture the writer creates using words.

Answer 31

IMAGERY

Question 32

Repeating a word or phrase to emphasise its importance/ create a regular rhythm.

Answer 32

REPETITION

Question 33

REPETITION

Answer 33

Repeating a word or phrase to emphasise its importance/ create a regular rhythm.

Question 34

PERSONIFICATION

Answer 34

Describing an object/idea as though it were alive. Giving it human qualities.

Question 35

Describing an object/idea as though it were alive. Giving it human qualities.

Answer 35

PERSONIFICATION

Question 36

Placing 2 very different things side by side

Answer 36

CONTRAST

Question 37

CONTRAST

Answer 37

Placing 2 very different things side by side

Question 38

A word becomes a sign of something other than simply itself.

Answer 38

SYMBOLISM

Question 39

SYMBOLISM

Answer 39

A word becomes a sign of something other than simply itself.

Question 40

Where the writer compares 2 things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Answer 40

SIMILE

Question 41

SIMILE

Answer 41

Where the writer compares 2 things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 42

METAPHOR

Answer 42

Where two things are said to be the same.

Question 43

Where two things are said to be the same.

Answer 43

METAPHOR

Question 44

Where the writer makes reference to ‘well-known’ figures or events from literature, history or mythology.

Answer 44

ALLUSION

Question 45

ALLUSION

Answer 45

Where the writer makes reference to ‘well-known’ figures or events from literature, history or mythology.

Question 46

HYPERBOLE

Answer 46

The deliberate use of exaggeration.

Question 47

The deliberate use of exaggeration.

Answer 47

HYPERBOLE

Question 48

Where words/sentences have more than one meaning/ are open to numerous interpretations.

Answer 48

AMBIGUITY

Question 49

AMBIGUITY

Answer 49

Where words/sentences have more than one meaning/ are open to numerous interpretations.

Question 50

A Q that doesn’t require a response (a statement disguised as a question).

Answer 50

RHETORICAL Q

Question 51

RHETORICAL Q

Answer 51

A Q that doesn’t require a response (a statement disguised as a question).

Question 52

ALLITERATION

Answer 52

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a series of words. Eg. “Billy Brennan’s Barn”

Question 53

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a series of words. Eg. “Billy Brennan’s Barn”

Answer 53

ALLITERATION

Question 54

ONOMATOPOEIA

Answer 54

Words whose sound imitates their meaning

Question 55

Words whose sound imitates their meaning

Answer 55

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 56

ASSONANCE

Answer 56

The repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Question 57

The repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Answer 57

ASSONANCE

Question 58

PATHOS

Answer 58

Part of a poem that makes the reader or audience feel sorrow or pity.

Question 59

SIBILANCE

Answer 59

A stylistic device in poetry in which an "s" sound is repeated more than twice in quick succession

Question 60

A stylistic device in poetry in which an "s" sound is repeated more than twice in quick succession

Answer 60

SIBILANCE