English - poem devices

Question 1

Stanza

Answer 1

a group of lines within a poem

Question 2

rhyming couplet

Answer 2

a pair of lines in poetry, of a similar length that rhyme

Question 3

tercet

Answer 3

a stanza of 3 lines

Question 4

quatrain

Answer 4

a stanza of four lines

Question 5

quintain

Answer 5

a stanza of five lines

Question 6

caesura

Answer 6

a pause near the middle of the line

Question 7

enjambment

Answer 7

a sentence that runs from one line onto the next

Question 8

meter

Answer 8

a pattern of stresses and unstressed syllables

Question 9

volta

Answer 9

a dramatic shift or change in a poem

Question 10

cyclical

Answer 10

a type of structure which ends where it begins

Question 11

alliteration

Answer 11

words that begin with the same letter

Question 12

assonance

Answer 12

words that have syllables which use the same vowel sounds

Question 13

hyperbole

Answer 13

an exaggerated statement

Question 14

irony

Answer 14

language to signify the direct opposite of something for comedic affect

Question 15

iambic pentameter

Answer 15

a line of five metrical feet, each consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 16

metaphor

Answer 16

comparing one thig to another due to its similar nature

Question 17

simile

Answer 17

comparing one thing to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’, due to its similar nature

Question 18

repetition

Answer 18

the recurrence of a word

Question 19

rhyme

Answer 19

the last word of a line corresponding in sound with the last word of another line

Question 20

onomatopoeia

Answer 20

a word that sounds like the thing it is named after

Question 21

oxymoron

Answer 21

2 words that are next to each other which contradict each other

Question 22

sibilance

Answer 22

repeated use of a words that start with ‘s’

Question 23

juxtaposition

Answer 23

a contrast within a phrase

Question 24

personification

Answer 24

when non-living objects are given human characteristics

Question 25

rhetorical question

Answer 25

a question that isn’t meant to be answered

Question 26

plosive

Answer 26

an abrupt bursting sound

Question 27

pathetic fallacy

Answer 27

when the natural world is treated as though it has human emotions

Question 28

anaphora

Answer 28

the repetition of the beginning of a line

Question 29

cacophony

Answer 29

the repetition of harsh sounds containing consonants

Question 30

synaesthesia

Answer 30

blending human senses within a phrase