2: Poetry

Question 1

how a poem is typed on a page (lines, stanzas, indentation, etc.)

Answer 1

typographical level

Question 2

musicality of the language of a poem when read aloud (rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, assonance, consonance, caesura, etc.)

Answer 2

sound level

Question 3

a series of words each beginning with the same letter or sound

Answer 3

alliteration

Question 4

a series of words that have the same vowel sounds

Answer 4

assonance

Question 5

a series of words that have the same consonant sounds

Answer 5

consonance

Question 6

visualization that a poet builds through specific nouns and action verbs, descriptions of five senses, figures of speech, etc.

Answer 6

imagery level

Question 7

theme of a poem / central idea that the poem intends to convey, that shouldn’t be directly stated

Answer 7

idea level

Question 8

point of view in which the speaker is the main character themselves (I, me, my, we, us, our)

Answer 8

first person

Question 9

point of view in which the speaker is directly talking to readers (you, your)

Answer 9

second person

Question 10

point of view in which the speaker and reader are both observers (he, she, it, him, her, his, hers, its, they, them, theirs)

Answer 10

third person

Question 11

the poet’s attitude or position toward the subject (positive, neutral, negative)

Answer 11

tone

Question 12

word choice by poet - may include slang or dialect

Answer 12

diction

Question 13

the order or pattern in which the poet places the words in lines

Answer 13

syntax

Question 14

the intended readers the poet imagines when writing the poems and who they hope will read the poems

Answer 14

audience

Question 15

language that states exactly what something is

Answer 15

literal language

Question 16

language that creates meaning by comparing one thing to another thing (figures of speech)

Answer 16

figurative language

Question 17

figure of speech that compares one thing to another using the words “like” or “as” (“her eyes are like the sun”)

Answer 17

simile

Question 18

figure of speech that compares one thing to another by saying one thing is another (“hope is a bird”)

Answer 18

metaphor

Question 19

figure of speech that involves giving a non-human or inanimate object the qualities of a person (“the wind whispers”)

Answer 19

personification

Question 20

figure of speech that involves exaggerating the truth to create an effect (“this job is killing me”)

Answer 20

hyperbole

Question 21

figure of speech that involves deliberately downplaying the significance or seriousness of a situation (“tis but a flesh wound”)

Answer 21

understatement

Question 22

repetition of the same vowel sounds in words near each other

Answer 22

assonance

Question 23

repetition of the same consonant sounds in words near each other

Answer 23

consonance

Question 24

repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other

Answer 24

alliteration

Question 25

words that resemble the sounds they represent (“boom”, “whoosh”)

Answer 25

onomatopoeia

Question 26

two or more words that repeat the same sounds

Answer 26

rhyme

Question 27

rhyme that occurs at the end of a line

Answer 27

end rhyme

Question 28

rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line

Answer 28

internal rhyme

Question 29

the “beat” of a poem created by stressed syllables

Answer 29

rhythm

Question 30

beat of a poem that is countable - rhythm appears in equal intervals

Answer 30

meter

Question 31

break, pause, or interruption in a line

Answer 31

caesura

Question 32

a line that concludes like natural speech (with a comma or period indicating a pause)

Answer 32

end-stopped line

Question 33

opposite of end-stopped line - line that continues, without a pause, into the next line

Answer 33

enjambment

Question 34

a poem written in iambic pentameter with 14 lines - first 12 have rhymes that alternate lines, last 2 have their own rhyme

Answer 34

sonnet

Question 35

poetic form in which each line has 10 syllables with 5 pairs of iambs, an unstressed syllable paired with a stressed syllable (daDA daDA daDA daDA daDA)

Answer 35

iambic pentameter

Question 36

a poem that does not rhyme, but has five stressed beats per line

Answer 36

blank verse

Question 37

a stanza with 3 lines

Answer 37

tercet

Question 38

a stanza with 4 lines

Answer 38

quatrain

Question 39

a poem containing 19 lines (5 tercets followed by 1 quatrain) - line 1 repeats in lines 6, 12, and 18 - line 3 repeats in lines 9, 15, and 19

Answer 39

villanelle

Question 40

AKA visual poetry - a poem where the lines and words are typed in such a way to create a shape that enhances the meaning

Answer 40

concrete poetry

Question 41

a poem with no form and no stressed beats per line - most commonly written

Answer 41

free verse