Structure
What is the name of a verse of poetry?
Stanza
When a human characteristic is given to an inanimate object or an object without conscious thought.
Personification
What is a word for a person, place or thing?
Noun
This is asked only for emphasis or to make a point - it’s not meant to be answered.
Rhetorical Question
What poetic device is used in the phrase “as brave as a lion”?
Simile
When the voice telling the story is 'I'.
First person narration
The use of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning several connected words
Alliteration
What is a word which describes an action?
Verb
Groups of words connected by a common theme or concept. For example, 'ocean', 'wave', 'tide', and 'shore' create a ______ _____ of the sea.
Semantic Field
Identify the poetic technique in “The world is a stage.”
Metaphor
When a character recalls a memory within a text and goes on to describe what they remember, or when there is a time jump to the past.
Flashback
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Anaphora
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses. Examples are: "and," "but," "or," "so," and "because".
Conjunctions
The repetition of the 's' sound in a phrase. The 's' sound can also be created with a 'c'.
Sibilance
What poetic technique is used in “The wind whispered through the trees”?
Personification
Writers use this technique to plant clues throughout a text which link to the main event. It is used to create mystery and suspicion.
Foreshadowing
What O is used describe words which contradict each other. For example: 'deafening silence', 'hell's angels' or 'living dead'
Oxymoron
Words such as 'She', 'He', 'Him, 'Her', 'They' and 'I'.
Pronouns
A rhetorical device, that uses a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses to create emphasis, rhythm, and memorability.
Tricolon or Rule of Three
Which technique is this: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?
Alliteration
What J is when two things are placed closely together with contrasting effect?
Juxtaposition
Which H is a figure of speech in which extreme exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. For example: 'Your suitcase weighs a ton'
Hyperbole
A word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else, such as 'after', 'before', 'on', 'under', 'inside' and 'outside'.
Preposition
The attribution of human emotion to inanimate objects, nature, or animals. Writers use this to evoke a specific mood that usually reflects a character's mood. E.g. 'The sun was smiling down upon him.'
Pathetic Fallacy
What poetic device is used in this line? “The war is over – but the scars remain.”
Caesura