Poetry from Diverse Cultures

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

A metaphor is a figure of speech, where something is described as being something else, or as something that it can’t be.

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Similes are figures of speech, where one thing is compared to another using “like” or “as”.

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

Onomatopoeia is words that sound like the noise that they describe.

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Personification is a figure of speech which gives human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

Imagery is words that a writer uses to create strong pictures in the reader’s mind.

Question 6

Stanza

Answer 6

A stanza is a verse of poetry.

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

Where a sentence runs over a number of lines.

Question 8

Structure

Answer 8

Structure means the way a poem is organised.

Question 9

Volta

Answer 9

A volta is a moment in a poem where the feeling of the poem changes or the poem takes an unexpected direction.
It’s also known as the poem’s turning point.

Question 10

Rhyme

Answer 10

Rhyme is the way words or parts of words sound, usually they end with the same sound.

Question 11

Half rhyme

Answer 11

A half rhyme is when two words almost have the same sound, but not quite.

Question 12

Rhyme scheme

Answer 12

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

Question 13

Rhythm

Answer 13

Rhythm is a strong pattern of sound or words or musical notes that’s used in poetry, music, and dancing.

Question 14

Pace

Answer 14

Pace is how fast and/or slow the sounds are in a poem.

Question 15

Syllable

Answer 15

Syllables are the units of sounds in a word.

Question 16

Metre

Answer 16

Metre is the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a poem.