GCSE English language techniques

metaphor

a comparison of two unrelated things ( not using the words 'like' or 'as')

simile

a comparison of two unrelated things (using the words 'like' or 'as')

alliteration

repetition of the same letter or sound

onomatopoeia

a word that imitated the word it represents

enjambment

no use of punctuation at the end of a line or a stanza

rhyming couplets

two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought

adjectives

a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet,

imagery

the use of words to create a picture or image in the readers mind

sentences

a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.

pronouns (i/me/you)

a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this ).

personification

giving human characteristics to objects, animals or ideas

bias

favouring one side over the other

contemporary

poetry written after the start of the 1920's, especially poetry having to do with modern literary genres, such as modernism and post-modernism

dramatic monologue

a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.

emotive

Emotive language describes words and phrases meant to evoke an emotional response to a subject.

1st person narrative

the telling of a story through the voice of a character, in their own words

form

the way a poem is structured or laid out

free verse

a form of poetry not using an obvious rhyme pattern or a consistent metre

juxtaposition

where two things are in contrast

narrative

a spoken or written account of connected events

refrain

verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections

sonnet

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

standard english

english that is deemed to be correct

stanza

arrangement of a group of lines in a poem, usually separated by a line break

tone

created through the combined effects of the authors rhythm and diction

viewpoint

a persons opinion or point of view

structure

the way that a piece of story has been put together