HW due in 20th Jan

Poetic Techniques Match the technique to the correct definition and then write an
example of the technique. The example could be one you make up or one you find in a
poem.

Poetic Technique Definition Example

the comparison of
two unlike things by
Simile
saying one IS the
other
a word or phrase to
stimulate your
Metaphor
memory into
imagining a picture
the giving of human
Alliteration traits to non-human
things

the repetition of a
Onomatopoeia
beginning sound

repetition of a word
Imagery
to add emphasise

similar sounding
Personification
words

the beat in a poem to

Repetition make it sound like a
song
comparing one thing
Rhyme to another using like
or as

the sound a thing

CHALLENGE: Rhythm
makes