Poetry Terms

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different constant sounds especially in words that are together.

Question 2

Cacophony

Answer 2

harsh un-harmoniums sounds

Question 3

Conceit

Answer 3

comparing two things to each other that aren’t the same.

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

the repetition of similar sounds.

Question 5

Euphony

Answer 5

pleasing and soothing effects to the ear due to repeated vowels and smooth consonants.

Question 6

Paradox

Answer 6

a statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics.

Question 7

Synechdoche

Answer 7

a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole.

Question 8

Heroic Couplet

Answer 8

a rhyming couplet, or two lines of poetry, written in iambic pentameter

Question 9

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 9

the five syllables

Question 10

Rhyme

Answer 10

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Question 11

Alliteration

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Enumeration

Answer 12

the act or process of making or stating a list of things one after another.

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 15

Repetition

Answer 15

a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.