Poetic Terms

Question 1

Words that sound the same as what they represent

Answer 1

Onamatopoeia

Question 2

The use of the same letter at the beggining of words that are close

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

To give an inanimate object human characteristics

Answer 3

Personification

Question 4

To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else

Answer 4

Simile

Question 5

The use the same word/phrase more than once

Answer 5

Repitition

Question 6

Comparing two things saying they are eachother

Answer 6

Metaphor

Question 7

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line

Answer 7

Enjambment

Question 8

This describes the beat of a poem

Answer 8

Rhythm

Question 9

When the lines of poetry end with the same sound

Answer 9

Rhyme

Question 10

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

Answer 10

Stanza

Question 11

When vowel sounds within words are the same or very similar

Answer 11

Assonance

Question 12

Point at which poem changes mood, time etc

Answer 12

Pivot (Volta)

Question 13

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Answer 13

Caesura

Question 14

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcasic and or humerous

Answer 14

Irony

Question 15

Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

Answer 15

Fricatives

Question 16

Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

Answer 16

Plosives

Question 17

Sounded with a hissing effect s, sh

Answer 17

Sibilance

Question 18

Expressing the highest or very high degree of a quality

Answer 18

Superlative

Question 19

Two things being seen or placed close toghether with contrasing effects

Answer 19

Juxtaposition

Question 20

Be a warning or indication of a future event

Answer 20

Foreshadowing

Question 21

A group of words with the same topic, function or form

Answer 21

Lexical Set

Question 22

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

Answer 22

Archaisms

Question 23

The most importaint information in a clause or sentence is placed at the end

Answer 23

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