language
Repetition of vowel sounds
what is Assonance?
The beat/metre
What is Rhythm?
Poetry which does not rhyme BUT has a rhythm
what is free verse?
Descriptive language which creates vivid mental images
What is Imagery?
Repetition of consonant sounds
what is Consonance?
The voice/viewpoint through which the poem is presented
What is Narration?
The repetition of matching syllable sounds typically at the end of lines
What is rhyme?
An indirect comparison of one thing to another using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’
What is Simile?
Repetition of words/phrases at the start of clauses
What is Anaphora?
A word which sounds like the action it describes
what is Onomatopoeia?
Poetry which does not rhyme OR have a rhythm
what is blank verse?
The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects/ideas/plants and animals.
what is personification?
The atmosphere a poet attempts to create; the emotions the poet hopes to stir in the reader
what is mood?
The order of the words in a sentence
what is syntax
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
word choice
what is diction?
The continuation of a sentence from one line to another; the placement of line breaks in poems
what is Enjambment?
A direct comparison of one thing to another
What is Metaphor?