Funky Poetry Terms

Question 1

unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter

Answer 1

blank verse

Question 2

a metrical foot of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 2

iamb

Question 3

the use of vivid language to describe or respond to a work of visual art.

Answer 3

Ekphrasis

Question 4

the continuation of a sentence or clause across one poetic line break.

Answer 4

Enjambment

Question 5

a rising meter form consisting of five pairs of unstressed and stressed or accented syllables as five iambic feet per line.

Answer 5

iambic pentameter

Question 6

a rhyme formed with words with similar but not wholly identical sounds; also called an off rhyme, half rhyme, and imperfect rhyme.

Answer 6

slant rhyme

Question 7

a rhetorical shift that marks the change of a thought or argument in a poem.

Answer 7

volta

Question 8

A line of poetry, also commonly referred to as a

Answer 8

verse

Question 9

a _______ is to a poem as a paragraph is to an essay

Answer 9

stanza

Question 10

A two line stanza
A three line stanza
A four line stanza
A five line stanza

Answer 10

couplet
tercet
quatrain
quintain