Poetry Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is as similie?
Comparing two things using like or as
What is alliteration
Where the consonant sounds at the start of a group of words is the same.
What is personification
Giving an object human qualities
What is a metaphor?
Saying something is what it isn’t - comparing two things without using like or as
What is rhyme?
Where the ends of words sound the same
What is an oxymoron?
A direct contradiction of words next to each other in writing
What is juxtaposition
Contrasting ideas within writing
What is pathetic fallacy?
Using weather to set the mood
What is comma splicing?
A comma splice is where you join two sentences without using the correct punctuation
What is a denotation?
The literal meaning of a word, what you would find in a dictionary
What is a connotation?
The associations we make with the word
What is dramatic monologue?
Dramatic monologue is. Single character speaking in a poem who does not have an audience
What is a sonnet?
A poem, usually a love poem, that consists of fourteen lines
What is personification?
Personification is when inanimate objects are referred to as if they were humans
What is ‘it’s hands reached out like tendrils of darkness’ and example of?
A similie
What is ‘his cloak was of shadows; clinging to the walls, hiding him from sight’ an example of
A metaphor
What is ‘the snake slithered silently, slowly sliding along the slippery ground’ an example of?
Alliteration
What is a characternym?
When a persons name suits their character
What is a Bildungsroman?
A ‘coming of age’ story which focuses on the moral and physiological growth of a character from youth to adulthood so
What is a protagonist?
The main character of a story
What are the four GASP techniques for persuasive writing?
Genre
Audience
Subject
Purpose
What are the AFOREST techniques?
Alliteration, anecdotes, address the reader Facts, flattery, first person Opinions, oppositions Rhetorical question, repetition, reasons Emotive language, exaggeration Statistics, shock tactics, sarcasm The rule of threw, threatening action
What is anaphora?
Starting several sentence with the same phrase
