poetry literary terms

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

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

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

Expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it -indirect or passing reference

Question 3

assonance

Answer 3

repetition of the sound of a vowel ex penitence, reticence

Question 4

ballad

Answer 4

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

Question 5

blank verse

Answer 5

a verse without rhyme, especially that which uses lambic pentameter

Question 6

consonance

Answer 6

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions

Question 7

dissonance

Answer 7

lack of harmony among musical notes

Question 8

elegy

Answer 8

a poem of serious reflection, typically lament for the dead

Question 9

free verse

Answer 9

open form of poetry

Question 10

hyperbole

Answer 10

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 11

imagery

Answer 11

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in literary work

Question 12

irony

Answer 12

Expression of ones meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Question 13

lyric poem

Answer 13

expresses personal emotions or feelings , spoken in first person

Question 14

metaphor

Answer 14

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

Question 15

narrative poem

Answer 15

Tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well

Question 16

ode

Answer 16

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject

Question 17

onomatopoeia

Answer 17

formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named eg. sizzle

Question 18

oxymoron

Answer 18

figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 19

personification

Answer 19

attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non human

Question 20

rhyme

Answer 20

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

Question 21

rhythm

Answer 21

a strong regular repeated pattern of movement or sound

Question 22

satire

Answer 22

use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize peoples stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

Question 23

simile

Answer 23

figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind ex. brave as a lion, crazy like a fox

Question 24

sonnet

Answer 24

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, ten syllables per line