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15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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alliteration
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Initial sounds are repeated
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anaphora
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The same words are repeated in neighbouring lines or stanzas
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direct address
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The poem is addressed to someone
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enjambement
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A sentence runs on from one line to the next
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gradation
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A number of sentences are ordered in such a way as to lead to a climax
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irony
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To say the opposite of what you actually mean
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metre(regulat/irregular)
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the rhyme of a poem
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onomatopoeia
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Words are created to imitate the sound they refer to
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oxymoron
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Two contrary words are combined
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parallelism
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Lines/sentences are structured in the same way
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reptition
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The same words or phrases are used several times throughout the poem
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rhetorical question
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a question that is no real question because the answer is obvious
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rhyme
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Identical or similar sounds are repeated at the end of a line
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simile
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Something/Somebody is described by direct comparison
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symbol
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a concrete object which does not only stand for itself; meaning is established through traditions and convection
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