Poetic Techniques

2. – Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).
4. – A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
6. – Words that imitate the sounds they describe (e.g. bang, whisper).
9. – The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words to create rhythm or mood.
10. – The repetition of similar sounds, usually at the ends of lines, to create musicality.
11. – The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
12. – A pause or break within a line of poetry, often created by punctuation (such as a comma, dash, or full stop).

1. – Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or abstract ideas.
3. – When a line of poetry runs on to the next line without punctuation at the end.
5. – A direct comparison between two unlike things, saying one is the other.
7. – Repeating words, phrases, or lines to emphasise an idea or emotion.
8. – The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in a line.