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Poetic techniques
Question | Answer |
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Onomatopoeia | Words that sound like their meaning e.g. Boom, Splash, Bang |
Triad | 3 Words with similar pronunciation e.g. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
Rhythm | The beat of the poem |
Alliteration | Consonants used close together, Same letter at the start of each word e.g. Ben, Bounced, Ball |
Assonance | Broad vowels used close together e.g. Bounce, Around, Sound |
Sibilance | S sounds used close together e.g. she sells sea shells on the seashore |
Personification | Giving objects human qualities e.g. the hill was crying |
Hyperbole | Exaggeration e.g. I have a mountain of homework |
Imagery | Creating an image using one of the 5 senses Touch, Smell, Sight, Taste, Hear |
Simile | Comparing two things using like, as or than e.g. Fast like a fox |
Metaphor | Comparing two things without using like, as or than e.g. Heart of gold |
Rhyme | Words that sound similar e.g. Men, Hen |
Repetition | The repeating of words e.g. Martin Luther King speech, I have a dream |
Allusion | Reference to another topic, literacy piece or historical event e.g. I'm the Romeo to your Juliet |
Enjambments | Run on lines e.g. I hear the lake water lapping- down by the shore |
Idiom | Referring to one thing meaning something else e.g. Under the weather |