Poetic Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

The repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence.

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

Question 4

Imagery

Answer 4

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 5

Rhyme

Answer 5

When two words sound the same at the end of a stanza.

Question 6

Rhythm

Answer 6

A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Using words that imitate the word being said.

Question 8

Free Verse

Answer 8

Poetry that doesn’t rhyme / have regular rhythm.

Question 9

Emjambment

Answer 9

Continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Exaggerated statements that aren’t literal.

Question 11

POV

Answer 11

The perspective of the speaker and their view.

Question 12

Haiku

Answer 12

Japanese poem with 3 stanzas; 5 lines, 7 lines, 5 lines.

Question 13

Ballad

Answer 13

A poem narrating a story in short stanzas.

Question 14

Analysis

Answer 14

Detailed examination of the parts of something.

Question 15

Syllable

Answer 15

Unbroken sound used to form words.

Question 16

Tone

Answer 16

Implied attitude towards subject of a poem.

Question 17

Symbolism

Answer 17

When an object is meant to representative of something.

Question 18

Metaphor

Answer 18

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action, to which it’s literally not applicable.

Question 19

Stanza

Answer 19

Group of lines forming the basic, recurring metrics unit in a poem: a verse.

Question 20

Poet

Answer 20

Person who composes and creates poems.