Annotation Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of first consonant sound over several words

Question 2

Allusion/Allude

Answer 2

reference to something well-known outside this text

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

repetition of vowel sounds over several words

Question 4

Brevity

Answer 4

being brief, pithy (powerful) – saying more w/ least possible or best possible words.

Question 5

Connotation/Connote

Answer 5

(v) words’ association, vibe, flavor ‘their baggage’/backstory…

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

repetition of internal consonant sounds….to what effect?

Question 7

Closure

Answer 7

how poems signal their ending.

Question 8

Enjamb/–ment

Answer 8

breaking sentences into lines = surprising, unpredictable, powerful

Question 9

Figurative language

Answer 9

all imagery, all non-literal description, e.g. ‘cherry pick’

Question 10

Hyperbole (hy-per-boh-lee)/–lic

Answer 10

intentional exaggeration

Question 11

Irony

Answer 11

reversal of any role/reader’s expectation which intensifies outcome/impact.

Question 12

Juxtaposition/juxtapose (v)

Answer 12

intentional contrast to heighten awareness of each part

Question 13

List (or catalog)

Answer 13

accumulation of specific details that build meaning. Verb/noun.

Question 14

Line vs. Sentence

Answer 14

poetry uses lines; prose uses sentences but no visual shape.

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

comparison of two unlike elements w/out like or as; all non-literal language

Question 16

Negation

Answer 16

no, not, never, nobody (pre fixes: un-, dis-, ir) use NOT to say what IS

Question 17

Onomatopoeia/poetic (adj)

Answer 17

words’ sounds echo their meaning ( zigzag, rattle, slither)

Question 18

Oxymoron (short!)

Answer 18

a pair of opposed words: calm chaos, stop motion, constant change

Question 19

Paradox/-ical (long)

Answer 19

two co-existing truths that seem impossibly opposed: ‘the end is also a –

Question 20

Parallel Structure

Answer 20

a set of similar structures: ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’

Question 21

Personification/personify (v)

Answer 21

giving something human qualities: weeping willow, thinking dots

Question 22

Repetition

Answer 22

a broad category that encompasses any repeated sound/image/phrase that intensifies and structures a poem.

Question 23

Simile

Answer 23

comparison using like or as….’peanut butter is like the mortar of our lives’.

Question 24

Wordplay/pun

Answer 24

to use words’ double meanings/homophones (staycation, pleather, catastrophize)

Question 25

Tone

Answer 25

the mood, flavor, vibe of writing