Poem

Question 1

Lines

Answer 1

A grouping of words

Question 2

Stanza

Answer 2

Logical sections of ideas

Question 3

Couplet

Answer 3

A two line stanza

Question 4

Tercet

Answer 4

A three line stanza

Question 5

Quatrain

Answer 5

Four line stanza

Question 6

Meter and Foot?

Answer 6

Meter- pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable. Each unit of this is a foot.

Question 7

Types of poetry and definition?

Answer 7

Lyric- expresses the thoughts and feelings of a speaker, usually in musical verses
Narrative- tells a story
Dramatic- presents a drama in verse.

Question 8

Speaker

Answer 8

The person or character who talks in the poem

Question 9

Imagery

Answer 9

Enhances the meaning of a poem by providing a context or setting a scene.

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two things

Question 11

Metaphor and extended metaphor

Answer 11

Compares by describing one thing as if it were another.. Extended metaphor carries it through part or all of a poem

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

Assigns human qualities to a non-human object

Question 13

Analogy

Answer 13

Explains, clarifies, or illustrates by drawing comparisons

Question 14

Allusions

Answer 14

Direct or implied references to people, places, events, literary works, or artworks

Question 15

Alliteration

Answer 15

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Question 16

Consonance and assonance

Answer 16

Consonance- the repetition of consonant sounds in stressed syllables
Assonance- the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that don’t rhyme.

Question 17

Repetition

Answer 17

The repeated use of a word or phrase

Question 18

Onomatopoeia

Answer 18

The use of words that imitate sounds

Question 19

Connotations

Answer 19

The ideas associated with a word beyond its literal definition

Question 20

Tone

Answer 20

The attitudes the writer projects in a poem