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introduction to literary techniques

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introduction to literary techniques

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    3. Adjective Definition: A word that describes how a noun looks, behaves, feels Example: the beautiful girl a happy family the red book

    4. Verb Definition: An action word if you can put to in front of it, it is a verb Example: to play, to swim, to walk, to break, to compare

    5. Adverb Definition: A word that describes how a verb is done normally ends in ly Example: happily, quickly, shyly, badly

    6. Stanza Definition: A verse of poetry like a paragraph

    7. Theme Definition: What a poem is really about Example: Once Upon A Times themes are: truth superficiality Westernisation All of the poems we will study have a common theme - identity

    8. Mood/Tone Definition: The mood or tone of a poem is the feeling expressed Example: A poem can be sad, positive, hopeful, pessimistic, joyfulmany others Once Upon A Time is a sombre, pessimistic poem but ends on a hopeful tone

    9. Simile Definition: To compare one thing with another using like or as Example: The man stood still as a pillar The green grass shone like a field of emeralds

    10. Metaphor Definition: To say one thing IS another this could be anything from a small detail to the whole poem. Example: The mirror was a portal to her soul In Once Upon A Time the son represents all of Africas people

    11. Personification Definition: To give an object or animal human features or characteristics Example: The horse nodded in agreement The fingers of the plant reached around the fence

    12. Onomatopoeia Definition: A word or phrase that represents and resembles a sound Example: plop bang gurgle

    13. Meter Definition: The beat or rhythm of a piece of poetry

    14. Imagery Definition: The use of words or phrases to create a picture in the readers mind

    15. Alliteration Definition: The same sound at the start of word next or close to one another used to emphasise or create a mood Example: The phone was frantically ringing The beach ball bounced over the boat

    16. Sibilance Definition: A special type of alliteration using the s sound Example: The sea snake slithered over the sand

    17. Enjambment Definition: Where one line of a stanza is continued into the next stanza Example: See Follower

    18. Rhetorical Question Definition: A question used to persuade or make the reader think

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