Poetic Vocabulary

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Describing something by comparing it to something else

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Someone or something is described as being something else

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Describing something by comparing it to a person

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

When words begin with the same sound

Question 5

Sibilance

Answer 5

When words begin with/contain the letter S

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

When vowel sounds within words are the same or similar

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

When a word or idea appears more than once

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

When a word sounds like the noise it makes

Question 9

Line

Answer 9

The way words are grouped together

Question 10

Caesura

Answer 10

A Pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Question 11

Enjambement

Answer 11

When one sentence flows from one line or stanza into the next

Question 12

Stanza

Answer 12

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

Question 13

Rythme

Answer 13

This describes the beat of a poem

Question 14

Rhyme

Answer 14

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Question 15

Pace

Answer 15

The speed of a poem

Question 16

Pivot

Answer 16

A Point at which poem changes a mood, time etc.

Question 17

Imagery

Answer 17

Use of word pictures, figures of speech (similes, metaphors, personification) and description to
create ideas feelings.

Question 18

Irony

Answer 18

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and or humorous.

Question 19

Symbol

Answer 19

When a word, phrase or image stands for or calls up a set of ideas

Question 20

SMILE - Define

Answer 20

Structure
Meaning
Imagery
Language
Effect