Poetry Key Terms

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A phrase with like or as

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t litrually true. Describing something by saying that it is something else.A metaphor is saying that something is something.

Question 3

Caesura

Answer 3

A stop or pause

Question 4

Enjambent

Answer 4

The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the other

Question 5

Tone and tonal shift

Answer 5

The tone is the attitude that the author is expressing to the subject.The tonal shift is a change in the tone

Question 6

Iambic pentameter

Answer 6

Rhtym structure

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

A word or phrase that gives an object human characteristics

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

A series of words that begin with the same letter or sound

Question 9

Rhyme scheme

Answer 9

The rhyming patteren of a poem

Question 10

Rhythm

Answer 10

Is a patteren of sounds

Question 11

Repetition

Answer 11

Single words or groups of words are repeated for effect

Question 12

Onomatepia

Answer 12

A word that sounds like what it means for e.g. crash bang buzz

Question 13

Slang

Answer 13

Informal often used more when speaking than in writing e.g.That is trash

Question 14

Colliqual language

Answer 14

Informal language often used in specific geographical areas e.g.soccer in america football in uk

Question 15

Nonsensical language

Answer 15

Words that have no meaning,nonsense e.g.blah,blah,blah

Question 16

Hyperbole

Answer 16

Exaggeration used for empthisis or humour e.g. she was dying of laughter

Question 17

Pun

Answer 17

Word play involving the use of a word with two different meanings or two words that sound the same but mean different things.
Often used in advertising.