English Poetry Terms

Question 0

Stanza

Answer 0

Lines grouped in a poem

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Physical structure of the poem

Question 2

Syllable

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A single unit of written/spoken word

Question 3

Meter

Answer 3

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse

Question 4

Free verse

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Does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter, but is rich in imagery and sound devices

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Refrain

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A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza

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Style

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The distinctive way in which a writer uses language

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Simile

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A comparison between two dissimilar things using like or as

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison between two dissimilar things

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Personification

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The act of giving human abilities to something that is not human

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Imagery

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Images and/or details that appeal our senses

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Sound devices

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Help create auditory imagery in writing

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Rhythm

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A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of words and phrases

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Rhyme

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The repetition of any stressed syllable and the unstressed syllables that follow

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Alliteration

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The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Onomatopoeia

Answer 15

The use of words with sounds that echo their sense