Poetry Anthology Question (AQA GCSE English Literature): Quizzes
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What is the key difference between a metaphor and a simile?
What is the key difference between a metaphor and a simile?
Metaphor doesn't use 'like' or 'as'
What does personification involve?
What does personification involve?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is pathetic fallacy?
What is pathetic fallacy?
Giving human emotions to weather
What is alliteration?
What is alliteration?
Repetition of consonant sounds at beginning
Which sounds create sibilance?
Which sounds create sibilance?
's' or 'sh' sounds
Which sounds create plosives?
Which sounds create plosives?
't', 'k', 'p', 'd', 'g', or 'b'
What is hyperbole?
What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration for emphasis or effect
What effect does enjambment create?
What effect does enjambment create?
Continuity and movement
What is a caesura?
What is a caesura?
A deliberate pause within a line
What is an oxymoron?
What is an oxymoron?
A phrase combining contradictory terms
Where is a volta often found?
Where is a volta often found?
In sonnets
How many lines does a sonnet have?
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14 lines
What is blank verse?
What is blank verse?
Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter