Poetry Terms 2

Question 0

A foot or unit of poetry consisting of two light syllables followed by a single stressed syllable

Answer 0

Anapest

Question 1

Repeating consonant sound in close proximity to others or beginning several words with the same vowel sound

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

Repeating identical or similar vowels in nearby words

Answer 2

Assonance

Question 3

Unrhymed lines of ten syllables each with the even numbered syllables bearing the accents

Answer 3

Blank verse

Question 4

A special type of alliteration in which the repeated patterns of consonants is marked by changes in the intervening vowels (the final consonants of the stressed syllables match each other but the vowels differ)

Answer 4

Consonance

Question 5

A three syllable foot consisting of a heavy stress and two light stresses

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Dactyl

Question 6

Rhyming two words in which the last word at the end of each verse is the word that rhymes

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End rhyme

Question 7

Rhyming two words in which both the consonant sounds and vowel sounds match to create a rhyme

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Exact rhyme

Question 8

A basic unit of meter consisting of a set number of strong stresses and light stresses

Answer 8

Foot

Question 9

Two successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter

Answer 9

Heroic couplet

Question 10

A unit or foot of poetry that consists of a lightly stressed syllable followed by a heavily stressed syllable

Answer 10

Iamb

Question 11

A poetic device in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end of the same metrical line

Answer 11

Internal rhyme

Question 12

A recognizable though varying pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress

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Meter

Question 13

The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent

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Onomatopoeia

Question 14

The pattern of rhyme

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Rhyme scheme

Question 15

The varying speed, loudness, pitch, elevation, intensity, and expressiveness of speech, especially poetry

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Rhythm

Question 16

A change in attitude of the speaker of the poem

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Shift

Question 17

Rhymes created out of words with similar but not identical sounds

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Slant rhyme

Question 18

Resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound

Answer 18

Sound devices

Question 19

A two syllable unit or foot of poetry consisting of a heavy stress followed by a light stress

Answer 19

Trochee