Deck 1

Question 1

Rhythm

Answer 1

The beat and pace of a poem

Question 2

Line

Answer 2

A unit of writing in which a poem is divided

Question 3

Metre

Answer 3

Basic rhythmic structure of a verse

Question 4

Fricative

Answer 4

Speech sounds produced by creating a narrowing of the vocal tract

Question 5

End-stopped

Answer 5

A metrical line containing a complete poetic line with punctuation

Question 6

Stanza

Answer 6

Division of a poem consisting of two or more lines

Question 7

Sibilance

Answer 7

Repetition of the sound ‘s’

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Description and vivid language used to deepen the reader’s understanding

Question 9

Syllable

Answer 9

A single unit of SPEECH sound as written or spoken

Question 10

Enjambment

Answer 10

The continuation of a sentence from one line of poetry to the next

Question 11

Caesura

Answer 11

Poetic device in which there is a pause between a line of poetry

Question 12

Assonance

Answer 12

Repetition of the vowel sound across words within a poem

Question 13

Consonance

Answer 13

A resemblance in sound between two words

Question 14

Half-rhyme

Answer 14

Type of rhyme formed by words with similar sounds

Question 15

Alternate rhyme

Answer 15

A rhyming sound of every other line in a stanza

Question 16

Rhyming couplet

Answer 16

Two lines of the same length that rhyme

Question 17

Free verse

Answer 17

A poem that doesn’t rely on consistent patterns of rhyme and metre