Poetic Techniques (Junior Cert English): Flashcards

Repeating the same consonant sounds at beginning of words

Repeating vowel sounds within words

Words that imitate actual sounds

Directly comparing two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

Using 'like' or 'as' to make comparisons

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

Appeals to senses, creates vivid mental pictures

Lines flow into each other without pause

Strategic pauses within lines

Beginning consecutive lines/clauses with same words

Deliberate exaggeration for dramatic effect

Contrast between expectation and reality

Placing contrasting elements side by side

Poet's attitude towards the subject matter

Extended, elaborate metaphor throughout a poem or section