Poetry

Question 1

simile

Answer 1

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Question 2

metaphor

Answer 2

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

Question 3

personification

Answer 3

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 4

hyperbole

Answer 4

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 5

alliteration

Answer 5

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

Question 6

consonance

Answer 6

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.

Question 7

onomatopoeia

Answer 7

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

Question 8

repetition

Answer 8

the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Question 9

rhyme

Answer 9

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Question 10

internal rhyme

Answer 10

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.

Question 11

imagery

Answer 11

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

Question 12

rhythm

Answer 12

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Question 13

iambic pentameter

Answer 13

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

Question 14

prose poetry

Answer 14

imaginative poetic writing in prose.