Poetry Techniques

What is the word given to a describing word?

• Verb
• Adjective
• Noun
• Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A comparison using like or as is a...

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Conjuction 
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When objects are given human characteristics...

• Metaphor
• Personification 
• Onomatopoeia
• Transience 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Whether the text is written to “you” as “I” or about “he/she/it”

• 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Person
• Figurative Language
• Focus
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Words that describe actions/the way something is done are...

• Verbs
• Modal verbs
• Adverbs
• Adjectives

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A direct comparison that does not use like or as...

• Simile
• Analogy
• Connection
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When an aspect of a text is emphasised by being used more than once...

• Underlining
• Emphasis
• Rewind
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Appealing to the senses in a text...

• Imagery
• Imagist writing
• Sensey-melia
• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A type of adjective that can make an object more vivid...

• Modal
• Colour
• Long
• Descriptive 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When a poem temporarily focuses on something from the past it is called a...

• Shift 
• Flashback
• Historic moment
• Change of tact