Listing words or phrases in threes.
E.g She was brave, fearless and kind
Effect- It begins to build up a picture and gives limited detail. Also is easy to remember.
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Metaphor
Front
A comparison where one thing is said to be something else.
e.g. My feet are blocks of ice.
Effect- This is to exaggerate what's happening.
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Pentameter
Front
A line in a verse or poetry which has five strong feet or beats (stresses).
E.g. If music is food of love, play on
Give me excess of it;
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Connotation
Front
The implied or suggested meaning.
E.g. Cross= Religion Red= Blood, danger, love.
Effect- This would make the poem express the hidden meaning, it makes the reader read between the lines.
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Sonnet
Front
A type of poem , usually about love, with 14 lines.
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Denotation
Front
The literal meaning of a word or phrase.
E.g. Red= colour Cross= cross
Effect- It will close the opportunity for other meaning and its clearer.
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Stanza
Front
A verse, paragraph or a section of a poem.
Use- To separate ideas into paragraphs.
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Irony
Front
A contrast between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and in literature.
E.g. I'm having a lovely day. (sarcasm)
Effects- It makes it humorous and can make it more dramatic.
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Sense Imagery
Front
Using the senses to describe or make a comparison.
e.g. The smell of fresh bread floods the street.
Effect- To make it clearer and relatable.
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Embjambment
Front
A run on the line.
E.g Breathless with adoration: the sun
is sinking down in its tranquility
Effect- It allows the poem to have two meanings and breaks the flow.
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Semantic field
Front
Words that are related to each other
e.g. playground= swing, climbing frame, see-saw.
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Caesura
Front
A strong pause within a line.
E.g. Wasn't that a dainty dish, // to set before the king?
Effect- It increases the suspense and breaks up the flow of the poem.
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Juxtoposition
Front
Two unlikely things put together.
e.g. marriage-hearse.
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Alliteration
Front
The first letter of all the words is the same
E.g Slimy serpent slithers slowly.
Effect-It empathises a certain letter and breaks up the sentence.
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Personification
Front
Giving an object human like features.
E.g. The trees whispered.
Effect-To brings inanimate objects to life
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Sibilance
Front
The repetition of the 'S' sounds in a phrase.
E.g. Sing a song of sixpence.
Effect- Makes you visualise/think/hear the sounds.
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Hyperbowel
Front
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
e.g. I've told you a million times to give your homework in.
Effects- Its used to exaggerate a point and make the point stronger.
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Pathetic fallacy
Front
When the weather reflects the mood of the characters.
E.g. The rain harshly poured down onto the already soggy grass.
Effect- This makes the feelings easily noticed and sets the emotive feeling of the text.
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Repetion
Front
The repeated use of a word or phrase.
e.g up,up,up
Effect- If it is a poem it makes it more catchy.
It empathises a certain point and gets the point across.
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Free verse
Front
Poetry that doesn't have any rhyme or a regular rhythm.
E.g. a,b,c,d
Effect- It makes it read more like a book.
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Quatrain
Front
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
e.g. 4 line stanza
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Assonance
Front
Repeated vowel sounds in a phrase.
e.g Andrew pAtted the horse at Ascot
Effect- It slows the pace down.
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Paradox
Front
A statement there is a seeming contradiction. This may reveal an unexpected truth.
e.g The second statement was true, but the first was false.
Effect: It is used to confuse the reader and to think about what you are reading.
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Oxymoron
Front
A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other.
e.g Bittersweet
Effect- It explains mixed feelings it shows someone has a contradiction.
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Rhyme
Front
The similarity of sounds in words, usually at the end of the word.
e.g. revival, arrival, survival.
Effect- To make the poem more memorable and to help it flow.
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Onomatopia
Front
Words that sound like their meaning.
e.g Bang, Boom, Crash.
Effect- Makes the text more realistic.
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Simile
Front
A description using the words 'as' or 'like'.
e.g.The car was as fast as a cheetah.
Effect- It exaggerates the objects movement, makes you imagine it.
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Rhyming cuplets
Front
A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem.
e.g She was a little tense
The notice made no sense
a, a , b ,b
a,b,a,b
