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Poetic techniques
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Onomatopoeia is when words are spelt like they sound: bang, pop, crack.
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Imagery is when words are used to create a picture in a reader's mind.
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Simile involves describing something by comparing it with something else.
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Symbolism is an art style which uses mythology and metaphor to convey ideas.
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A poem has a minimum of one stanza.
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Tone is the feel of the text, indicated by choice of words, rhythm of sentence and such like.
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Time, crime and chime all rhyme.
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A sonnet is a love poem of 14 lines.
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Personification is when you describe an inanimate object to like a person.
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Assonance involves words that have the same vowel sound.
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When two or more words begin with the same letter or sound is called alliteration.
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When words or phrases are repeated for effect we call it repetition.
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Tone is the feel of the text, indicated by choice of words, rhythm of sentence and such like.
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