Poetry Knowledge Organiser Quiz

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The repetition of words beginning with the same letter. Used to draw attention to a particular sound, intensifying meaning

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

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A group of words connected by topic or theme, that links the main idea of the poem together.

• Imagery

• Mood

• Semantic field

• Pun

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Language used to create a specific emotional response

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Imagery

• Emotive language

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An object or action that stands for something beyond itself

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Simile

• Personification

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Exaggerating for effect. Normally a massive over-statement intended for humorous effect

• Pun

• Irony

• Mood

• Hyperbole

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Placing of two contrasting things or ideas close together for emphasis

• Juxtaposition

• Layout

• Rhyme scheme

• Couplet

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Repeating a word or idea throughout a poem to emphasise it

• Rhyme

• Refrain

• Repetition

• Rhythm

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A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line

• Assonance

• Enjambment

• Sibilance

• Layout

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A word showing action, movement or being

• Adverb

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Verb

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No regular rhythm or rhyme

• Ode

• Lyric

• Free verse

• Sonnet