Poetry Notes

Question 0

Word choice – is it simple or complex

Answer 0

Vocabulary

Question 1

Made up of two parts (Word choice and word order)

Answer 1

Diction

Question 2

Word order– ordinary or unusual

Answer 2

Syntax

Question 3

Order in which words appear in a poem (changes meaning: A solo guitar vs a guitar solo or adds effect a dying man vs a man, dying)

Answer 3

Syntax

Question 5

One rhythmic unit

Answer 5

Foot

Question 6

A rhythmic unit that contains a short or unstressed syllable followed by a stressed or long syllable

Answer 6

Iamb

Question 7

Line of poetry that contains five iambs (ten syllables total)

Answer 7

Iambic pentameter

Question 8

Two words that sound alike and are used to unify a poem

Answer 8

Rhyme

Question 9

Appears at the end of a line

Answer 9

End rhyme

Question 10

Appears within a line

Answer 10

Internal rhyme

Question 11

Bear and care are……

Answer 11

True rhymes

Question 12

Lying and mine are…

Answer 12

Slant rhymes

Question 13

Overall emotion created by a literary work

Answer 13

Mood

Question 14

Fanciful, frightening, frustrating, gloomy, happy, joyful, melancholy, mysterious, romantic, sentimental, sorrowful, suspenseful

Answer 14

Mood words (they moods)

Question 15

Attitude (hold a weave) a writer takes toward a subject

Answer 15

Tone

Question 16

Amused, angry, cheerful, horror, clear, formal, gloomy, humorous, informal, light, matter-of-fact, resigned, optimistic, pessimistic, playful, pompous, sad, serious, suspicious, witty

Answer 16

Tone words (they attitudes)

Question 20

Rhythm established by a poem by number of syllables and the way they are accented

Answer 20

Meter