Poetic Terms

Question 1

Rhythm

Answer 1

The use of regular of approximately equivalent time intervals between specific sounds or kinds of sounds

Question 2

Enjambment

Answer 2

The use of large pause in a line of poetry created by placing a period in the middle of a line

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

The repetition of a sound or letter at the start of words in a row. Eg= she sells sea shells at the sea shore

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

When the word itself created the sound of the object. Eg= “buzz”

Question 5

Rhyme

Answer 5

Words that sound the same. Eg=cat and hat

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

A comparison between two things without using the words “like” or “as”. Eg=Fred is a bear in the morning

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

The comparison between two things usually “like” or “as”. Eg= his eyes were as blue as the sky

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

When an object is given human attributes. Eg= the tree branches waved in the wind

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

The placing of two opposite words together. Eg= pretty ugly

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

The use of an extreme exaggeration. Eg= the bag weighs a ton

Question 11

Pun

Answer 11

A play on words