poetry

Question 1

narrative

Answer 1

speaker tells a story in verse; has plot.

the fish

Question 2

lyric

Answer 2

speakers thoughts, feelings, & insights which create a single impression (the guitar)

Question 3

imagery

Answer 3

language that appeals to senses

Question 4

tanka

Answer 4

5 line, unrhymed, japanese form.

lines have #s of syllables: 5, 7, 5, 7, 7.

Question 5

sonnet

Answer 5

14 lines, 3 quatrains, 1 ending couplet.

abab, cdcd, efef, gg.

Question 6

villanelle

Answer 6

19 lines, 5 three line stanzas, ending 4 line stanza.
line 1: 6,12,18
line 3: 9,15,19

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

comparison

like or as

Question 8

metaphor

Answer 8

one thing is spoken of as if it is something else

Question 9

personification

Answer 9

object/animal/idea given human characteristics

Question 10

alliteration

Answer 10

repeating consonant at beginning. “silent song”

Question 11

assonance

Answer 11

repeating vowel sounds in words.

“deep seas”

Question 12

consonance

Answer 12

repeating consonance at the ends of words. “ heaT lighT”

Question 13

onomatopoeia

Answer 13

use of words to imitate sounds

“tap tap tap”

Question 14

tone

Answer 14

authors attitude toward the subject

Question 15

mood

Answer 15

how the poem makes the reader feel

Question 16

theme

Answer 16

the central, message an author conveys