Poetic Techniques 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishPoetic techniquesNational 5All boards Created by: Kate BCreated on: 02-04-15 20:18 A metaphor where something that is not human is given human characteristics Personification 1 of 17 A figure of speech used to compare two things, saying one thing is another. Metaphor 2 of 17 How the lines are laid out on the page. Lineation 3 of 17 The technical term for the 'verse' of a poem Stanza 4 of 17 The pattern of beats in the poem Rhythm 5 of 17 Same as a metaphor but using like or as to compare Simile 6 of 17 The repetition of vowel sounds Assonance 7 of 17 Using the weather to reflect the mood Pathetic fallacy 8 of 17 When something that is not human is described as having human characteristics Anthropomorphism 9 of 17 When a metaphor is extended over a number of lines or a whole text Extended metaphor 10 of 17 The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginnings of words Alliteration 11 of 17 When a sentence continues on to a second line Enjambment 12 of 17 A pair of lines that are the same length and often rhyme Couplet 13 of 17 When a word imitates the sound it describes Onomatopoeia 14 of 17 When the sounds of two or more words sound the same Rhyme 15 of 17 This is what you use to refer to a line of a poem (it is not a sentence) Line 16 of 17 When a sentence or meaning ends at the end of a line End-stopped line 17 of 17
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