Final Exam Study Guide (POETRY TERMINOLOGY)

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Language that appeals to the senses

Question 2

Sonnet

Answer 2

A poem of strict form: 14 lines of iambic pentameter

Question 3

Slant Rhyme

Answer 3

Words “sort of” rhyme

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

Comparison using like or as

Question 5

Couplet

Answer 5

2 lines of a poem that rhyme

Question 6

Allegory

Answer 6

An extended metaphor; there is a meaning both on and below the surface

Question 7

Allusion

Answer 7

A reference to something in history, culture, or literature

Question 8

Tone

Answer 8

The author or poet’s attitude or feeling toward a person, thing, place, ever or situation

Question 9

Free Verse

Answer 9

A poem w/ no rhyme

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

A comparison not using like or as

Question 11

Stanza

Answer 11

A group of lines in a poem that stand as a unit

Question 12

Symbolism

Answer 12

A person, place, thing, or idea that stands for something else

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 14

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 14

5 foot line of iambic meter; is the most common meter in English

Question 15

Foreshadow

Answer 15

Clues in writing that lead the reader to predict what will happen later in the story