English lit poetry techniques 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureW B YeatsCarol Ann DuffyThomas Hardy poemsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: __JessCreated on: 15-06-22 18:24 Refers to the style where something trivial is treated with ridiculous comic grandeur Mock heroic 1 of 30 A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses Zeugma 2 of 30 Moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, using the contrast to heighten the effect Bathos 3 of 30 Understanding or intelligence, showing imagination Wit 4 of 30 Lines of iambic pentameter rhymed in pairs Heroic couplet 5 of 30 Ideas placed side by side to increase effect Juxtaposition 6 of 30 The transformation of someone into a God/Goddess Deification 7 of 30 An imitation of a work of literature to ridicule its characteristic features Parody 8 of 30 Literature which holds up folly or vice to ridicule Satire 9 of 30 Saying one thing whilst meaning another Irony 10 of 30 A speech or poem praising someone wholeheartedly Panegyric 11 of 30 The art of speaking or writing effectively so as to persuade an audience to your point of view Rhetoric 12 of 30 A figure of speech that emphasises through exaggeration Hyperbole 13 of 30 Opposite placing - using contrasting ideas in neighbouring sentences or clauses Antithesis 14 of 30 A comparison or likeness often using "as when" to introduce sustained images Epic simile 15 of 30 A line of poetry which is not end stopped and the sentence runs onto the next line without pause Enjambement 16 of 30 An adjective or adjectival phrase which defines a special quality or attribute Epithet 17 of 30 A slow, thoughtful poem written for someone who has died Elegy 18 of 30 A narrative poem which tells a story through dialogue. Most commonly written in four-line verse with a regular rhythm Ballad 19 of 30 A two part sentence or phrase, where the second part is a mirror image of the first Chiasmus 20 of 30 A metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another phrase begins Caesura 21 of 30 Unacknowledged reference or quotations that the author assumes the reader will recognise Allusion 22 of 30 Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or section of the work Anaphora 23 of 30 A speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object Apostrophe 24 of 30 Unrhymed iambic pentameter Blank verse 25 of 30 Iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter Common meter 26 of 30 The use of meter, rhyme and tone in poetry Prosody 27 of 30 The use of a negative statement in order to emphasise a positive meaning Litote 28 of 30 An exact rhyme within a line of poetry Internal rhyme 29 of 30 A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza Refrain 30 of 30
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