Language Devices

3. Where one thing is used to represent something else: a rose to represent love.
8. The general feeling created by the poem.
10. Words with the same sound pattern: gloom and room.
11. 10 syllable heart-beat-like rhythm: da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM.
14. The feelings of the poet or speaker towards the presented topic: tragic, harmonious, hopeless, intriguing.
15. Saying something is something else.
17. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
21. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
22. The repetition of vowel sounds in closely connected words.
23. A list where all the items are separated with ‘and’.
24. The feelings of the reader towards the presented topic: nostalgic, optimistic, joyful, sympathetic.
25. The literal meaning of a word.
28. Giving emotions to things that are not human, often using weather to create atmosphere.
29. Paragraph or section in poetry.
30. Visually descriptive or figurative language.
32. Words that all link to one particular topic.
33. The repetition of consonant sounds in closely connected words.
34. Speaking directly to the reader using the pronoun ‘you’.
35. The repetition of the ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘z’ sounds in closely connected words.

1. Two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect: light next to dark.
2. Saying something is like something else.
4. Contradictory terms appear together to create one overall meaning: He was falsely true.
5. The main idea or story that the poet intends to convey.
6. A punctuated pause in the middle of a line of poetry: : ; - .
7. Offering hints at future events.
9. Giving animal-like features, actions to non-human things.
12. One line or stanza flows to the next without any punctuation at the end of the line.
13. Giving human-like features and feelings to non-human things.
16. The thoughts, feelings, meanings we associate with a word.
18. A list where there is no conjunction (and).
19. The length of sentences or the way sentences are formed.
20. Language and descriptions using the five senses
26. Three phrases in succession.
27. The voice of the poem, like a narrator. Sometimes this is the poet, other times not.
31. Words that mimic the sound they represent.
33. Opposites placed close or across a text to highlight differences or change.