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Ellipsis Trouble pronouncing words?
The punctuation mark that tells you that something has been left unsaid…?
OR Chapped lips in winter?
Blank Verse A poem without any words? A poem with gaps which you have to fill in? An unrhymed verse?
Blank Verse= An unrhymed verse
e.g. ‘A cold coming we had of it. Just the worst time of the year
For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.’
Assonance A donkey festival? A throat infection?
OR Repetition of the same vowel
or consonant sound?
Hyperbole Death caused by being exposed to freezing cold? A state of nervousness?
OR Extreme exaggeration of a
situation?
Oxymoron Someone who milks cows? Two opposite words put together? OR A Greek word for difficulty
when breathing?
Metaphor Part of a car engine? A piece of rock from outer space?
OR A way of describing something as though it is something else?
Metaphor = A way of describing something as though it is something else
e.g. “my love is a double decker bus.”
Simile A pleasant facial expression? A comparison using “like” or “as”? OR A way of measuring fields?
A kind of messaging system? A comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”?
OR A measuring instrument?
Metaphor
Enjambement A French ham sandwich?
A very bad traffic jam?OR
When a line of poetry leads directly into the next?
Enjambement = When a line of poetry leads directly into the next e.g. “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety”
Etymology
The study of insects? The study of the origin of words?
OR Research into the best way to remove stains from smokers’ teeth?
Etymology
A couple who recite poetry to each other? Matching pieces of train track?
OR Two lines of poetry which end
with the same sound?
Rhyming Couplet = Two lines of poetry which end
A small plasticine figure? A study of the way words can be changed?
OR The art of changing shape?
Morphology