Literary Terms 11

Question 1

Masculine rhyme

Answer 1

• Single rhyme

- Rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound involves only one syllable

Question 2

Feminine rhyme

Answer 2

A rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound involves two or more syllables

Question 3

Prose poem

Answer 3

Short composition having the intentions of poetry but written in prose rather than verse

Question 4

Rhetorical stress

Answer 4

In natural speech, as in prose and poetic writing, the stressing of words or syllables so as to emphasize meaning and sentence structure

Question 5

Free verse

Answer 5

Non-metrical poetry in which the basic rhythmic unit is the line, and in which pauses, line breaks, and formal patterns develop organically from the requirements of the poem rather than from established poetic forms

Question 6

Euphony

Answer 6

Smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

Question 7

Cacophony

Answer 7

Harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

Question 8

Synesthesia

Answer 8

Presentation of one sense experience in terms usually associated with another sensation

Question 9

Villanelle

Answer 9

• Complex pattern of repetition and rhyme second in rank to the sonnet as a fixed poetic structure
• 19 lines, 3-line stanzas, and four-line concluding quatrain

Question 10

Didactic verse

Answer 10

Poetry having as a primary purpose to teach or preach moral instruction