Khajita and Holly Techniques Mindmap

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  • Poetry Techniques
    • Language
      • Alliteration - 2 or more words begin with the same letter
      • Simile - when something is described using 'as' or 'like'
      • Rhetorical Question - indirectly asking the audience about something, does not need a response
      • Juxtaposition - 2 things contrasted toegther
      • Metaphor - when something is described without 'as' or 'like'
      • Imagery - creating an image in the readers mind
        • Auditory Imagery - creates an image using sound
      • Emotive Language - exaggeration for dramatic effect
      • Anecdote - short summary of your experience
      • Assonance - the same sounding vowels
      • Semantic Fields - words which mean the same
      • Sibilance - sounds with a hissing effect
    • Structure
      • Enjambment - when a line carries on
      • Rhyme Scheme - the words at the end of a line which rhyme
        • Trochee - DA da
        • Untitled
        • Anapest - da da DA
        • Dactyl - DA da da
        • Lamb - da DA
      • Stanza / Line Length - the length of a Stanza / Line which creates effect
      • Sestet - a stanza which is 6 lines
      • Feet - the way syllables have been used
      • Caesura - when a full stop is used in the middle of a line
  • Repetition - when a word is repeated more than once
  • Iambic pentameter - 10 syllables per line
  • Rule of 3 - overwhelm the reader with points (could be to increase the pace of poems)
  • Foreshadowing - signals something is going to happen
    • Parallel Phrasing - the beginning and end of a narrative link
  • Onomatopoiea - when a words sounds dramatic 'BANG'
  • Extended Allegory - something meaning something else

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