Name three language features you might analyse when responding to a poetry question.

• A. Meter, rhyme, and tempo
• B. Plot, setting, and character
• C. Imagery, metaphor, and simile
• D. Symbol, personification, and hyperbole

Answer: (C)

When you respond to a poetry question, you focus on how language is used to create meaning, mood, and effect. Imagery uses vivid sensory details to paint pictures in the reader’s mind. Metaphor makes a direct comparison, treating one thing as if it were another to reveal deeper ideas. Simile does a similar job but uses like or as to make the comparison explicit. Together, these show how the poet uses words to shape meaning and emotion in the poem.

The other options drift toward aspects of sound and form (meter, rhyme, tempo) or toward narrative elements (plot, setting, character). While some devices like symbol or personification can be analyzed, imagery, metaphor, and simile are the most direct ways poetry communicates through language, so they’re the best trio to name here.