ELA Poem Vocabulary

Question 1

Poetry

Answer 1

literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.

Question 2

rhyme

Answer 2

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Question 3

rhyme scheme

Answer 3

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Question 4

mood

Answer 4

the emotional undertone that an author conveys in a work.

Question 5

alliteration

Answer 5

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 6

assonance

Answer 6

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

Question 7

consonance

Answer 7

the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity

Question 8

repetition

Answer 8

the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Question 9

Why do poets use rhyme?

Answer 9

To create a musical quality
To emphasize sounds that suggest a particular feeling such as;
surprise or sadness
To create rhythms, or patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 10

What is the difference between assonance and consonance?

Answer 10

The difference is assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, whereas consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.

Question 11

What is the difference between alliteration and repetition?

Answer 11

The key difference between alliteration and repetition is that alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound of two or more nearby words, while repetition is the usage of a word or phrase two or more times in a speech or written work.