Literature

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (philosophical fish)

Question 2

anaphora

Answer 2

the repetition of a word of phrase at the beginning of multiple clauses or sentences

Question 3

assonance

Answer 3

repetition of the similar vowel sounds (blue moon, funny tummy)

Question 4

context

Answer 4

something outside the text that affects its meaning (historical context)

Question 5

dialect words

Answer 5

a form of language spoken in a particular area or by a particular social group (dem)

Question 6

direct adress

Answer 6

when a poem talks to the audience, targets someone

Question 7

dramatic monologue

Answer 7

an imaginary speaker addressing an imaginary audience

Question 8

end-stopping

Answer 8

when there is a pause at the end of a line (usually a full stop)

Question 9

enjambment

Answer 9

when a sentence runs over from one line of verse into the next

Question 10

extended metaphor

Answer 10

a version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines or stanzas of poems

Question 11

free verse

Answer 11

a poem with no regular rhythm or like length

Question 12

half-rhyme

Answer 12

words that almost rhyme but not quite

Question 13

hyperbole

Answer 13

deliberate exaggeration for effect

Question 14

iambic pentameter

Answer 14

a like or verse with five beats which fall on second syllable of each pair

Question 15

imagery

Answer 15

language that describes something using at least one of the five senses

Question 16

literal language

Answer 16

means directly what it states (I laughed a lot)

Question 17

figurative language

Answer 17

does not mean directly what it states (I laughed my head off)

Question 18

metaphor

Answer 18

an image which implies a comparison by stating that something is the thing it resembles

Question 19

onomatopoeia

Answer 19

when words sound like what they mean (buzz, crash)

Question 20

oxymoron

Answer 20

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together

Question 21

personification

Answer 21

describing something non-human as if it has human characteristics

Question 22

refrain

Answer 22

a recurring phrase or lines at the end of each stanza of poetry (one line chorus)

Question 23

rhyming couplets

Answer 23

two lines following each other which rhyme

Question 24

rhythm

Answer 24

the arrangement of words to form a regular beat through a pattern of stresses

Question 25

semantic field

Answer 25

words in the text that link to similar ideas (gun, bomb link to idea of war)

Question 26

sibilance

Answer 26

alliteration of the ‘s’ sound

Question 27

simile

Answer 27

a comparison between two things, saying something is like something else

Question 28

sonnet

Answer 28

a poem of fourteen lines

Question 29

stanza

Answer 29

a clearly restricted part of a poem (verse)

Question 30

structure

Answer 30

how the poet has organised his or her work into patterns

Question 31

symbol

Answer 31

something used to stand for or represent something else

Question 32

tone

Answer 32

the overall feeling or mood of a poem