LCA Poetic Techniques

What technique is used when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Imagery

What is theme?

• The repetition of a particular word or phrase

• The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

• The main idea or message of a poem

• The use of vivid and descriptive language.

What is mood in poetry?

• The main message or lesson in a story.

• The feeling created in a poem for the reader.

• The use of similes and metaphors.

• The repetition of a particular word or phrase

What does tone refer to in writing?

• The repetition of sounds.

• The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

• A rhyming couplet at the end of a poem.

• The author's attitude or feeling towards a subject.

Which technique is used to repeat words or phrases for emphasis?

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Imagery

What is personification in literature?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals.

• A word that sounds like the noise it represents.

• The repetition of a particular word or phrase.

• The atmosphere or feeling in a text.

What is onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.

• The main message of the story.

• A word that sounds like the noise it represents.

• The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor in literature?

• The personification of inanimate objects.

• A rhyming couplet at the end of a poem.

• The repetition of sounds.

• The comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

Simile

• Comparing two things directly without using like or as.

• A word which sounds like itself

• Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Repetition of ‘s’ sounds - Type of alliteration.

pick out an example of onomatopoeia

• sand

• smile

• boom

• apple