Poetry Anthology Question (AQA GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

Comparing two things without 'like' or 'as'

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

Giving human qualities to non-human things

The senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste)

Giving human emotions to weather to reflect mood

Repetition of same consonant sounds at start of words

Words that imitate sounds

Exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Sentence/phrase runs onto next line without pause

Deliberate pause or break within a line

Placing two contrasting ideas/images close together

A turning point in a poem, often in sonnets

14-line poem with specific rhyme scheme

No regular rhyme scheme or metre

Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter