Final Literary Terms

Question 1

stanza

Answer 1

a group of lines of verse, usually set off from other groups by a space

Question 2

feet

Answer 2

the basic unit of measurement in poetry; typically follow patterns of stress and emphasis

Question 3

iamb

Answer 3

one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable

da-DA

Question 4

trochee

Answer 4

the reverse of an iamb, a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
DA-da

Question 5

anapest

Answer 5

two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

da-da-DA

Question 6

dactyl

Answer 6

the reverse of an anapest, one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
DA-da-da

Question 7

spondee

Answer 7

two equally strong syllables

DA-DA

Question 8

meter

Answer 8

the pattern of poetic stress

Question 9

blank verse

Answer 9

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 10

rhyme scheme

Answer 10

pattern of end rhyme

Question 11

scansion

Answer 11

an examination of elements of the lines including rhythm and meter

Question 12

free verse

Answer 12

poems that do not have regular rhyme and meter

Question 13

denotation

Answer 13

the literal definition of a word

Question 14

connotation

Answer 14

the secondary, non-literal meaning suggested by a word or poem

Question 15

alliteration

Answer 15

when two or more words in a line begin with similar-sounding syllables

Question 16

analogy

Answer 16

when one thing is compared to another, not always literal

Question 17

apostrophe

Answer 17

addressing a gone, dead, or inhuman thing/person as alive as present

Question 18

hyperbole

Answer 18

grossly over-exaggerated something for dramatic effect

Question 19

verbal irony

Answer 19

what the implied meaning of words is the opposite of literal meaning

Question 20

dramatic irony

Answer 20

when the audience knows something that the character does not

Question 21

onomatopoeia

Answer 21

when words are used to convey a certain sound

Question 22

pathetic fallacy

Answer 22

when a narrator of a poem believes that the outside world-especially nature-is mimicking his internal state

Question 23

synecdoche

Answer 23

using a part of something to refer to the whole

Question 24

metaphor

Answer 24

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase-literally denoting one kind of object or idea-is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

Question 25

sonnet

Answer 25

14-line poem that tend to be about love; employs rhyme structures