English Summer Test

Question 1

What is rhyme?

Answer 1

Rhyme is similar sounding words in poetry or song. Rhyme creates a musical quality. Many poets and songwriters make use of a rhyming scheme, where similar sounding words are placed at the end of lines. This is known as end rhyme. Internal rhyme is when some words or phrases within the same line rhyme

Question 2

What is rhythm

Answer 2

Rhythm is the way beats are arranged in a poem or song. Rhythm gives poetry and songs a beat or sense of timing.

Question 3

What is a title?

Answer 3

A title is the name given to a poem or song.

Question 4

What is narrative poetry?

Answer 4

Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story.

Question 5

Describe tone and mood

Answer 5

Tone is a poet’s attitude towards the subject matter of a poem. Mood is the feeling or atmosphere in a poem.

Question 6

What is imagery?

Answer 6

Imagery is descriptive language that appeals to our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch). Every poem contains imagery. When you read a poem, try to imagine what the poet is describing.

Question 7

Define the term repetition.

Answer 7

Poets use repetition to emphasise their point or to draw attention to an important theme.

Question 8

What is theme?

Answer 8

The theme is the main message or idea explored in a poem. Poems can have more than one theme.

Question 9

Define what alliteration is.

Answer 9

Alliteration is a sound effect created when words that begin with the same letter are placed beside or close to one another in a sentence. Eg. Puffy petulant.

Question 10

What is sibilance?

Answer 10

Sibilance is a sound effect that occurs when ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds are created in words that are placed close together.

Question 11

Define the term personification.

Answer 11

Personification is when an object is described as if it has feelings and behaves in a human way.

Question 12

What is lyric poetry?

Answer 12

Lyric poetry is written in a simple style and expresses emotions or personal feelings. Lyric poems usually rhyme, creating rhythm and a musical quality.

Question 13

What is a simile?

Answer 13

Similes compare one thing to another, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ or ‘than’. Eg. Her eyes shone like diamonds.

Question 14

Define what a metaphor is.

Answer 14

Metaphors describe something as though it is something else.

Question 15

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 15

Hyperbole is when a poet uses exaggeration to get their point across.

Question 16

What is enjambment?

Answer 16

Enjambment is when a sentence or phrase runs from one line of poetry into the next.

Question 17

What is assonance?

Answer 17

Assonance is a poetic technique that uses repeated vowel sounds to draw out each word.

Question 18

Define the word onomatopoeia?

Answer 18

Onomatopoeia is a sound effect created when a word sounds like what it is describing.
For example, ‘sizzle’, ‘crackle’, ‘thud’, ‘buzz’ and ‘boom’.

Question 19

What is a symbol?

Answer 19

A symbol is something that represents another thing.

Question 20

What is allusion?

Answer 20

Allusion is an indirect or subtle reference to something. Poets use allusion in their poems when they suggest something rather than say it.

Question 21

What is comparing and contrasting?

Answer 21

It is looking at the difference between to poems because often two poems are studied together.