Poetic devices
Repeated consonant sounds.
Consonance
A memory written in present tense.
Flashback
Repeated initial sound.
Alliteration
Use of exaggeration.
Hyperbole
A word or phrase is used multiple times.
Repetition
A verse or paragraph of poetry
stanza
What is second person narration?
Writing technique where an author uses the pronoun you to address the reader.
A phrase with a well known non-literal meaning
idiom
"the ship moaned as it slowly tipped"
Personification.
"the snake hissed menancingly before slipping away"
Onomatopoaeia
Repeated vowel sounds
Assonance
The picture created by the author to plant an image in the reader's mind.
Imagery
”her head exploded"
metaphor
"he's as cunning as a wasp"
simile
"it's so soft I'm gonna die!"
hyperbole
When a line runs over into the next line
Enjambment
Mood/sound/voice or atmosphere created by the language/elements used by the author.
Tone
"she's on tenterhooks"
idiom
Persons,places or things that are used to symbolise concepts.
Symbolism
Language that creates pity or sadness in the reader.
Pathos
Punctuation in the middle of a line that makes the reader pause.
Caesura
Referring to things from well known texts to create more meaning.
Allusion
When words are used to mean the opposite of what is being stated.
Irony
"deafening silence"
oxymoron
Better late than never
Juxtaposition