IGCSE English Literature Paper 1: anthology poetry knowledge organise
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1. If: Explore what qualities make a man.
2. Adjective: A word that describes a noun.
3. Antithesis: The use of balanced opposites.
4. Adverb: A word that describes a verb.
5. Couplet: A two-line stanza, conventionally rhyming.
6. Prayer Before Birth: Explores the realities of an evil world (written during WWII) through the mouth of a
baby who is not even born yet.
7. Alliteration: The repetition of consonants at the start of neighbouring words in a line.
8. Colon: A punctuation mark used to introduce a list, between two clauses or to indicate a caesura.
9. Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration.
10. Caesura: A distinct break in a poetic line, usually marked by punctuation.
11. Blessing: Explores the effects of a water pipe bursting in a town where water is scarce.
12. Imagery: Umbrella term for description in poetry which conjures up images. Sensory imagery refers to the
appeal to the senses.
13. Dash: A punctuation mark used to show a break in the thought or the structure.
14. Search for My Tongue: Explores what it is like to live in a foreign country, feeling disconnected from your
cultural background.
15. Metaphor: An implicit comparison in which one thing is said to be another.
16. Ellipsis: Three dots to indicate omission or create a pause.
17. Noun: Words to indicate a person, place or object.
18. End rhyme: Rhyming words at the end of a line.
19. Free verse: Poetry without metre or a regular, set form.
20. Half-Past Two: Explores the concept of time through the eyes of a child.
21. Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like the noises they are making.
22. End stopped: When the sentence and the poetic line stop at the same point.
23. Piano: Explores a fully grown adult recalling about the past.
24. Personification: When inanimate objects are given human qualities.
25. Enjambment: Where sentences run over the end of lines and stanzas.
26. Hide and Seek: Explores the theme of irresponsibility or negligence that a childish individual indulges in
only to lose all he once had.
27. Plosive: A type of alliteration using 'p' and 'b' sounds.
28. Exclamation mark: A punctuation mark to show extreme emotion.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_gvyt2a
1. If: Explore what qualities make a man.
2. Adjective: A word that describes a noun.
3. Antithesis: The use of balanced opposites.
4. Adverb: A word that describes a verb.
5. Couplet: A two-line stanza, conventionally rhyming.
6. Prayer Before Birth: Explores the realities of an evil world (written during WWII) through the mouth of a
baby who is not even born yet.
7. Alliteration: The repetition of consonants at the start of neighbouring words in a line.
8. Colon: A punctuation mark used to introduce a list, between two clauses or to indicate a caesura.
9. Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration.
10. Caesura: A distinct break in a poetic line, usually marked by punctuation.
11. Blessing: Explores the effects of a water pipe bursting in a town where water is scarce.
12. Imagery: Umbrella term for description in poetry which conjures up images. Sensory imagery refers to the
appeal to the senses.
13. Dash: A punctuation mark used to show a break in the thought or the structure.
14. Search for My Tongue: Explores what it is like to live in a foreign country, feeling disconnected from your
cultural background.
15. Metaphor: An implicit comparison in which one thing is said to be another.
16. Ellipsis: Three dots to indicate omission or create a pause.
17. Noun: Words to indicate a person, place or object.
18. End rhyme: Rhyming words at the end of a line.
19. Free verse: Poetry without metre or a regular, set form.
20. Half-Past Two: Explores the concept of time through the eyes of a child.
21. Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like the noises they are making.
22. End stopped: When the sentence and the poetic line stop at the same point.
23. Piano: Explores a fully grown adult recalling about the past.
24. Personification: When inanimate objects are given human qualities.
25. Enjambment: Where sentences run over the end of lines and stanzas.
26. Hide and Seek: Explores the theme of irresponsibility or negligence that a childish individual indulges in
only to lose all he once had.
27. Plosive: A type of alliteration using 'p' and 'b' sounds.
28. Exclamation mark: A punctuation mark to show extreme emotion.
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