Poetry

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words close together

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

Referring to something outside the text (religion, mythology, history, literature)

Question 3

Apostrophe

Answer 3

Words that are addressed or spoken to someone/something that can’t respond

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of vowel sounds within words

Question 5

Cacophony/dissonance

Answer 5

Effect produced by harsh unpleasant sounds

Question 6

Cliche

Answer 6

Overused phrase that has lost its original impact

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

Emotional feeling of a word

Question 8

Consonance

Answer 8

Repetition of consonant sounds in a word

Question 9

Denotation

Answer 9

Dictionary definition of a word

Question 10

Euphony

Answer 10

Soft/pleasant sounds that flow smoothly

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggeration

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

Description that appeals to the senses

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

Comparison that doesn’t use “like” “than” or “as”

Question 14

Onomatopoeia

Answer 14

Words that imitate sounds

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

Contradictory words side by side

Question 16

Paradox

Answer 16

Contradictory statement that could be true

Question 17

Personification

Answer 17

Give human characteristics to non-humans

Question 18

Pun

Answer 18

Play on words that sound the same

Question 19

Repetition

Answer 19

Repetition of words or phrases

Question 20

Simile

Answer 20

Comparison using “like” “than” of “as”

Question 21

Symbolism

Answer 21

Object representing more than its literal meaning

Question 22

Synedoche

Answer 22

Using a part to represent a whole

Question 23

Anaphora

Answer 23

The repetition of a root phrase

Question 24

Stanza

Answer 24

A paragraph in poetry

Question 25

Rhyme

Answer 25

Two or more words that have the same sound at the end of the word

Question 26

Refrain

Answer 26

A section of a poem which is repeated

Question 27

Rhythm

Answer 27

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Question 28

Tone

Answer 28

What feeling or mood you get from a poem

Question 29

Narrative

Answer 29

Tells a story emphasis on plot

Question 30

Sonnet

Answer 30

14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme

Question 31

Lyric

Answer 31

A deeply personal poem about feeling

Question 32

Ballad

Answer 32

A poem that is meant to be sung and has refrains

Question 33

Free verse

Answer 33

No rhyme, rhythm or pattern but has a central focus

Question 34

Blank verse

Answer 34

No rhyme but there is a rhythm and has the same number of beats per line

Question 35

Haiku

Answer 35

5,7,5 syllables - detached speaker where poet is not part of the poem - no wasted syllables

Question 36

Tanka

Answer 36

5,7,5,7,7 syllables

Question 37

Kyrielle

Answer 37

- 3 or more quatrains with specific rhyming like -aab abaB ccbB dbdB

Question 38

Ottava Rima

Answer 38

8 lines each with 10 or 11 syllables -abababcc

Question 39

Villanelle

Answer 39

19 lines with 5 tercets, and a quatrain

Question 40

Rondel

Answer 40

13 or 14 lines with two quatrains and a quintet or sestet