Poetry

Question 1

stanza

Answer 1

versus of the poem

Question 2

Lexical

Answer 2

word choices

Question 3

Juxtaposition

Answer 3

Opposing ideas

Question 4

Asyndetic list

Answer 4

List lacking connectives and only containing commas

Question 5

Noun

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Person place or thing

Question 6

Adjective

Answer 6

Word used to describe a noun

Question 7

Adverb

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Word used to describe a verb

Question 8

Verb

Answer 8

A doing word/ action

Question 9

Pronoun

Answer 9

Words which replace names for identification or ownership

Question 10

Concrete noun

Answer 10

Words for tangible objects

Question 11

Abstract noun

Answer 11

Words for ideas or concepts

Question 12

Modifiers

Answer 12

Words which affect the noun or verb (adjectives adverbs)

Question 13

Pre/ post modifiers

Answer 13

Determined by position against noun/verb

Question 14

Personal pronouns

Answer 14

Words which identify the person (i, you she)

Question 15

Possessive pronouns

Answer 15

Words which indicate who owns things (me ours theirs)

Question 16

Compound

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Two words put together with a hyphen

Question 17

Metaphor

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A direct comparison with an object/ idea that cannot literally be

Question 18

Simile

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A comparison using like or as with an object or idea it cannot physically be

Question 19

Personification

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Giving an object the qualities/ behaviours of a person

Question 20

Symbolism

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Representing an idea or concept with an object or colour or person signifying something larger and more complex

Question 21

Objectification

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Reducing a person to an object or thing

Question 22

Extended metaphor

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A metaphor which continues over several layers with different aspects to the comparison

Question 23

Idiot

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A well known commonly used metaphor e.g ran out of steam

Question 24

Hyperbole

Answer 24

Exaggeration for effect

Question 25

Conceit

Answer 25

A metaphor which continues across the entire poem

Question 26

Enjambment

Answer 26

The continuation of a line in poetry, no punctuation

Question 27

Caesura

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The use of punctuation to break a line with a pause

Question 28

Rhyme

Answer 28

Full or half rhymes at the end or middle of lines

Question 29

Repetition

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Using the exact same word multiple times for effect

Question 30

Syllable

Answer 30

The amount of beats in a line

Question 31

Meter

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The pattern of syllables with stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 32

Voice

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The persona or any other speakers in the poem

Question 33

Persona

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The narrator of the poem

Question 34

Direct speech

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Quotations in quote marks exactly how it was spoken

Question 35

Indirect speech

Answer 35

Paraphrased or summarised speech

Question 36

1st person perspective

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Using ‘I’ speaking from a personal perspective

Question 37

Ellipsis/ elliptical constructions

Answer 37

Either words missing using (…) or words left out of a sentence

Question 38

Rhetorical questions

Answer 38

Questions directed to the audience to provoke thought

Question 39

Phonology

Answer 39

Sound creating images

Question 40

Alliteration

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Repetition of consistent sounds in consecutive words

Question 41

Onomatopoeia

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Words which replicate or imitate the sound it’s describing

Question 42

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 43

Sibillance

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Repetition of S sounds

Question 44

Plosives

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Hard sounds made with the mouth or throat

Question 45

Frictives

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Soft sounds made with the lips or teeth

Question 46

Monosyllabic

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Words with one syllable

Question 47

Polysyllabic

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Words with multiple syllables

Question 48

Interrogatives

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Rhetorical questions

Question 49

Exclamatives

Answer 49

!

Question 50

Mode/ modality

Answer 50

The way something is written e.g formal written mode (essays)

Question 51

Neologisms

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Two words brought together with a hyphen that wouldn’t normally be said together

Question 52

hyperbole

Answer 52

exaggeration

Question 53

Meiosis

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Understating

Question 54

Syntax

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Construction of the sentence

Question 55

Dependant clause

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A part of a sentence which is dependant on another part for it to make sense

Question 56

Independent clause

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A clause which makes sense on its own

Question 57

Anaphora

Answer 57

Most of the line repeated but slightly changed

Question 58

Antithesis

Answer 58

Juxtaposition

Question 59

Parallelism (antithetic)

Answer 59

Same idea but shown in different ways