Poetic Teqniques

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

Assonance is the repeated vowel in words placed near each other.
Ex. The long road down south. P

Question 2

Onomatopoeia

Answer 2

Words that sound like their meaning.

Ex. Boom, buzz, pop, crackle, hiss

Question 3

Rhyme

Answer 3

Words that have different beginning sounds but have different ending sounds.
Ex. Time, slime, mime

Question 4

Repetition

Answer 4

The purposeful re-use of words or phrases for an effect.

Ex. I was glad; so very, very glad

Question 5

Rhythm

Answer 5

Pattern an beat.

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Alliteration is the repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other.
Ex. Fast and furious
Ex. Peter and Andrew patted the pony at ascot.

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Making an animal or object sound or seem like a person
Ex. Slowly, silently, now the moon
She walks the night in her silver shoon.