Poetic Techniques

What is tone?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

What is alliteration?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

What is onomatopoeia?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

What is metaphor?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two things are compared without using the words ‘as’, ‘like’ or ‘than’.

What is personification?

• When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two things are compared without using the words ‘as’, ‘like’ or ‘than’.

What is imagery?

• When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• the picture you imagine in your head while reading the poem.

What is hyperbole?

• When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

• Strong exaggeration

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• the picture you imagine in your head while reading the poem.

What is assonance?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

What is sibilance?

• a whispering/hissing ‘S’ sound

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

What is simile?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two things are compared without using the words ‘as’, ‘like’ or ‘than’.