General Terminology- Good For Poetry

Question 1

repetition of same same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or section of work

Answer 1

anaphora

Question 2

unrhymed iambic pentameter

seen in Shakespeare plays

Answer 2

blank verse

Question 3

a line having no end punctuation but running over next line

Answer 3

enjambment

Question 4

1 foot in poetry

Answer 4

Monometer

Question 5

3 feet in poetry

Answer 5

Trimeter

Question 6

4 feet in poetry

Answer 6

Tetrameter

Question 7

5 feet in poetry

Answer 7

Pentameter

Question 8

Understatement for effect for example “I’m not bad”

Answer 8

Litotes

Question 9

Exaggeration for effect

Answer 9

Hyperbole

Question 10

elaborate and extended metaphor or simile that links two apparently unrelated fields or subjects in an unusual and surprising conjunction of ideas

Answer 10

Metaphysical conceit

e.g. his coy mistress

Question 11

A sonnet with 14 lines that divides into a octave and sestet

Answer 11

Petrarchan sonnet

Question 12

Rhyming words of three or more syllables

Answer 12

Dactylic rhyme