Poetry Techniques

The overall feeling or mood of a poem

• repetition

• symbol

• tone

Answer explanation

e.g. Oh, it’s you that have the luck, out there in blood and muck (‘Many Sisters to Many Brothers’, by Rose Macaulay)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

two ideas or things placed or seen close together with a contrasting effect

• juxtaposition

• contrast

• semantic field

• motif

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

the highlighting of the differences between two subjects

• juxtaposition

• contrast

• semantic field

• motif

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

a dominant or recurring idea

• juxtaposition

• contrast

• semantic field

• motif

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

representing an inanimate object, thing, or idea as a person

• metaphor

• personification

• adjective

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

using language to create a sensory experience or create a picture with words

• metaphor

• personification

• adjective

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a set of related words or phrases

• juxtaposition

• contrast

• semantic field

• motif

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Using descriptive language to help form a picture in your mind.

• Repetition

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Snakes slithered softly south" is an example of _____________

• Alliteration

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repeating the same beginning sound

• Ryhme

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4