Peorty And Terms Flashcards
What is a poem?
A type of writing in which the poet chooses and arranges words to create a strong feeling through meaning, sound, and rhythm.
What are the structural elements that distinguish poetry from prose?
Poetry has lines and stanzas.
Lines in poetry do not always follow rules of capitalization and punctuation, and stanzas group lines set apart by spaces.
What is a line in poetry?
A row of words that do not always follow rules of capitalization and punctuation.
What is a stanza in poetry?
A group of lines set apart by spaces, similar to paragraphs in prose.
What is a rhyme in poetry?
Words with the same ending sound.
What is a rhyme scheme?
The assignment of specific lines in a poem to rhyme with each other, shown by a sequence of letters.
What does an abab rhyme scheme represent?
A four-line stanza where lines 1 and 3 rhyme (a) and lines 2 and 4 rhyme (b).
What is rhythm in poetry?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is meter in poetry?
A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is repetition in poetry?
The repeating of words or lines to unify a poem or reinforce its meaning or theme.
What is alliteration?
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Fill in the blank: Poetry is meant to be read _______.
[aloud]
True or False: Stanzas in poetry are similar to paragraphs in prose.
True
What effect can poets create by breaking lines and stanzas in unusual places?
They can get the reader’s attention or create a certain effect.
What is the rhyme scheme of Alan L. Strang’s poem ‘The Storm’?
A B A B C D E F
What is figurative language?
Figures of speech used to create word pictures or images
Define simile in poetry.
A comparison that uses ‘like’ or ‘as’
Provide an example of a simile.
The lake was as smooth as glass.
Define metaphor in poetry.
A comparison that does not use ‘like’ or ‘as’
Provide an example of a metaphor.
Mia remembers everything; her mind is a steel trap.
What is personification?
The assigning of human qualities to a nonliving thing
Provide an example of personification.
The sun smiled on our picnic.
Define symbolism in poetry.
The use of an image or thing to stand for something else
Provide an example of symbolism.
Lindsay wore black to the funeral.
What is allusion in poetry?
A reference to another work, such as the Bible or mythology
Provide an example of allusion.
It rained so much that I thought we’d have to build an ark.
Fill in the blank: The color black often stands for _______.
death
