Poetic Terms

Question 1

Tone

Answer 1

Attitude or mood the speaker has towards the subject

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

Statement that seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human traits to a non human thing

Question 4

Allegory

Answer 4

A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

Emotional or cultural meaning associated with the word beyond its literal meaning

Question 6

Iambic

Answer 6

A poetic line consisting of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

Belong

Question 7

Sonnet

Answer 7

14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter

Question 8

Similie

Answer 8

Comparing 2 things with like or as

Question 9

Imagery

Answer 9

Descriptive language that appears to the senses

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

Reference to a well known person, place, even work of art

Question 11

Symbol

Answer 11

Something that stands for or represents something else

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

The repetition of the same constant sound at the beginning of nearby words

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Relation of vowel sounds within nearby words

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

A word that insists a word it represents

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as

Question 16

Rhythm

Answer 16

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry