Poetic techniques in ‘Not my business’
Match the technique with the correct definition:
Poetic technique
Definition
metaphor
when words and phrases are
repeated
repetition
when something is said to be
something else
alliteration
a question which does not
need an answer
personification
comparing two things using
the words 'like' or 'as’
rule of three
two or more words starting
with the same sound
simile
rhetorical question
when an object is given
human characteristics
a group of three words or
ideas to build tension and to
keep the reader’s attention