Definitions

Question 1

Sonnet

Answer 1

A poem about love

Question 2

Dramatic monologue

Answer 2

A poem that suggests the character in the poem is talking directly to the reader as if they were part of the story or in conversation.

Question 3

Pastoral poem

Answer 3

Poems that paints the countryside in a very idealised way.

Question 4

Lyric poem

Answer 4

A poem that seems to express the poet’s feelings.

Question 5

Ghazal

Answer 5

A poem that is made up of rhyming couplets and a refrain. Possible themes: unrequited love.

Question 6

Ballad

Answer 6

A poem that tells a story.

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

A comparison using like or as.

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

A figure of speech which is not literally applicable.

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

Letters starting successive words that are all the same.

Question 10

Assonance

Answer 10

The rhyming of vowel sounds in successive words: Row, row, row your boat.

Question 11

Enjambment

Answer 11

A phrase that runs over onto the next line to create an effect.

Question 12

End-stopped line

Answer 12

A phrase that stops at the end of a line, signaled by punctuation.

Question 13

Caesura

Answer 13

A pause in the middle of the line (signaled by punctuation) that implies natural speech or encourages emphasis.

Question 14

Couplet

Answer 14

A pair of lines that rhyme.

Question 15

Quatrain

Answer 15

A group of 4 lines linked by rhyme scheme, or by subject matter.

Question 16

Iambic pentameter

Answer 16

10 syllables to a line, every-other syllable stressed. Creates the sound of a heartbeat.

Question 17

Iambic tetrameter

Answer 17

8 syllables to a line, every-other syllable stressed. A quick, snappy rhythm.

Question 18

Half-rhyme

Answer 18

A pair of words that almost rhyme, or look like they should rhyme but don’t when spoken aloud: bodies - ladies.

Question 19

Hyperbole

Answer 19

A deliberate over-exaggeration for emphasis.

Question 20

Onomatopoeia

Answer 20

Words used to imitate sounds.

Question 21

Blank verse

Answer 21

Poetry that doesn’t rhyme. Usually used to show real speech.

Question 22

Refrain

Answer 22

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout the poem.

Question 23

Personification

Answer 23

Nonhuman things are given human characteristics.

Question 24

Stress

Answer 24

Emphasis given to particular syllables or words.

Question 25

Symbol

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A word, phrase or image that ‘stands for’ something else.

Question 26

Stanza

Answer 26

A verse in a poem.

Question 27

Alliteration

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Repetition of the sound at a beginning of a word.

Question 28

Contrast

Answer 28

A strong difference between two things.

Question 29

Imagery

Answer 29

Words so descriptive they create a picture in the readers mind.

Question 30

Metaphore

Answer 30

An image created by referring to something as something else.

Question 31

Onomatopoeia

Answer 31

Words that sound like their meaning.

Question 32

Oxymoron

Answer 32

Two words positioned together with contrasting ideas.

Question 33

Personification

Answer 33

Giving an object human qualities.

Question 34

Repetition

Answer 34

Words/phrases/sentences and structures repeated.

Question 35

Rhyme/Rhythm

Answer 35

The use of rhyming words to give the poem a beat.

Question 36

Simile

Answer 36

A comparison of two things using ‘like’ and ‘as’.