English Language Skills
This skill involves working out ideas and feelings that the writer hints at but never states directly.
Inference
This poem portrays a city filled with “marks of weakness, marks of woe.”
London
Which poem begins, "Move him into the sun—"?
Futility
Which discursive technique is used when a writer directly addresses the reader using “you” to create involvement and urgency?
Direct address
Which poetry technique is used when the same consonant sound is repeated at the start of words?
alliteration
This skill means you must give evidence, identify techniques and explain effect — not just describe what happens.
Analysis
This poem describes “wooden farmhouses, old, in need of paint,” hinting at a modest rural upbringing.
Where I Come From
What's the name of the poem we were meant to study yesterday?
The Planners
Which discursive technique is used when a writer anticipates and challenges the reader’s opposing viewpoint?
Counter-argument
Which poetry technique is used when a line runs on to the next without punctuation at the end?
Enjambment
When you are asked to judge how effective or convincing a text is, you are being tested on this reading skill.
Evaluation
This poem marks the movement from quiet hope to bitter, philosophical despair. MUST NAME POET TOO.
Futility by Wilfred Owens
This poem foreshadows the speaker’s future regret as he imagines retelling his choice “with a sigh”.
Road Not Taken
Which discursive technique is used when a writer appeals to the reader’s emotions to influence their response? MUST HAVE THE GREEK WORD ALSO.
Emotive language & pathos
Which poetry technique is used when a poet deliberately breaks a line in an unexpected place to disrupt rhythm and meaning?
Caesura (if mid-line) / Enjambment (if across lines)
This style of writing presents a discussion of different viewpoints, often weighing arguments before reaching a conclusion.
Discursive
This poem imagines mountains as “marvellous prowlers” and ends with a “bandolier of light” across a peak.
Below The Green Corrie
What language device is used in the quote “silent and patient faces” from the poem Homeland?
Alliteration/sibilance
Which discursive technique is used when a writer uses an exaggerated statement to make their point more dramatic or forceful?
Which poetry technique is used when an idea or object represents something deeper than its literal meaning?
Symbolism
This type of writing may begin in media res to engage the reader.
Narrative
Which poem opens with the line, "One day you finally knew what you had to do..."?
The Journey
What part of nature is, "clothed in hemp" in In A London Drawing room?
The sun's rays
A figure of speech where part of something represents the whole, or vice versa.
synecdoche
Which poetry technique is used when word choices create a repeated pattern of related meanings (e.g. war, light, religion)?
Semantic field