Poetic Techniques - Autumn

A group of lines in a poem is called...

• a paragraph

• a stanza

• a volta

• enjambment

When a sentence in a poem flows on to the next line in a poem it is called...

• Enjambment

• Stanza

• Volta

• Caesura

The change in tone in a poem is referred to as...

• Enjambment

• Volta

• Theme

• Metaphor

A break in the middle of the line caused by a full stop is called...

• a volta

• a caesura

• alliteration

• personification

A series of words starting with the same consonant sound is known as...

• a simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

When an inanimate object is described as having human qualities it is called...

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

When something is described as though it is something else it is called...

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

When you describe something as being like something else it is called...

• assonance

• a metaphor

• personification

• a simile

When a poem is written without using rhyme it is written in ...

• volta

• free verse

• stanza

• heroic couplets

What poetic techniques are being used in this line "Autumn arrives like an experienced robber"?

• simile

• alliteration

• volta

• caesura