End-stopped line - Use of a full stop/colon/semi-colon at the end of the line, Enjambment - No punctuation at the end of the line. Instead, the line runs over into the next, Caesura - Sudden full stop or semi-colon in the middle of the line, forcing a pause, Rhyming Couplet - Two lines together that rhyme at the end , Exclamatory sentence - Sentences which show strong emotion or surprise (!), Interrogative sentence - Shows questioning, despair or wonder (?), Imperative sentence - Gives an order or command (bossy verb), Repetition - Including the same significant word or phrases across a text , List of three - Use of three things/words in a list for emphasis, Contrast - Use of contrasting (ideas which are opposites) ideas within or across the text, Juxtaposition - Positioning two contrasting words alongside each other, Anaphora - Same pattern of words at the beginning of a phrase, Extended metaphor - A metaphor used across the text. It helps to join ideas together, Motif - Repeated image used across the text ,

Poetic Techniques: Structure

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