Poetry Terms

Question 1

Sonnet ( 2 Main Aspects )

Answer 1

A sonnet is a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter

Question 2

Metaphor (1 Main Aspect )

Answer 2

A metaphor is a comparison that directly compares one thing to another than can exaggerate on what one is doing or feeling.

Question 3

Alliteration (3 Main Aspects)

Answer 3

The repitition of the same sound or letter at the beginning or end of closely connected words.

Question 4

Internal Rhyme ( 1 Main Aspect )

Answer 4

Internal Rhyme is when words rhyme together within a couple of lines or distanced by a few other words.

Question 5

Similie ( 2 Main Aspects )

Answer 5

A comparison of one thing to another using specific comparing words: like, as and than.

Question 6

Onomatopoeia ( 1 main aspect )

Answer 6

A use of a word that is spelt like the sound it represents.

Question 7

Assonance ( 2 Main Aspects )

Answer 7

Assonance is the repition of vowels in words at close intervals

Question 8

Couplet

Answer 8

A two-line stanza

Question 9

Free Verse ( 1 main aspect )

Answer 9

Free Verse is a poem style that follows no rules.

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

Descriptive and figurative language describing an area normally using the 5 senses.

Question 11

Quatrain ( 1 main aspect )

Answer 11

A four- line stanza

Question 12

Stanza ( 1 main aspect )

Answer 12

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paraph but not the same thing.