Poetry Terms

Question 1

Enjambment

Answer 1

Noun.

the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break.

Question 2

End Stopped Line

Answer 2

Noun.
An end-stopped line is a poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit (sentence, clause or phrase); this pause can be expressed in writing as a punctuation mark such as a colon, semi-colon, period or full stop.

Question 3

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 3

Noun.

the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc.

Question 4

Free Verse

Answer 4

Noun.

verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.

Question 5

Blank Verse

Answer 5

Noun.
unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.

Question 6

Foot

Answer 6

Noun.

A poetic foot is a basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables.

Question 7

Rhyme

Answer 7

Noun.

identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.

Question 8

End Rhyme

Answer 8

Noun.

rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry.

Question 9

Internal Rhyme

Answer 9

Noun.
a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse.
a rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.

Question 10

Slant Rhyme

Answer 10

Noun.

rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.

Question 11

Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

Noun.
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

Noun.
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable

Question 13

Consonance

Answer 13

Noun.

Consonance: Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words close together in poetry.

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

Noun.

Assonance: Repetition of internal vowel sounds of words close together in poetry. Example: I made my way to the lake

Question 15

Auditory Imagery

Answer 15

Noun.
Auditory imagery is a form of mental imagery that is used to organize and analyze sounds when there is no external auditory stimulus present

Question 16

Tactile Imagery

Answer 16

Noun.

An image of an object as perceived by the sense of touch.

Question 17

Visual Imagery

Answer 17

Noun.

The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

Question 18

Olfactory Imagery

Answer 18

Noun.

The definition of olfactory is related to the sense of smell.

Question 19

Gustatory Imagery

Answer 19

Noun.

In other words, gustatory imagery refers to words, descriptions or pictures in your brain that make you think of taste.

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Noun.
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”

Question 21

Simile

Answer 21

Noun.

a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”

Question 22

Conceit

Answer 22

Noun

an excessively favorable opinion of one’s own ability, importance, wit, etc.

Question 23

Personification

Answer 23

Noun.
the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.

Question 24

Allusion

Answer 24

Noun.

A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication

Question 25

Hyperbole

Answer 25

Noun.

obvious and intentional exaggeration

Question 26

Understatement

Answer 26

Noun.

the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts

Question 27

Irony

Answer 27

Noun.
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.

Question 28

Apostrophe

Answer 28

Noun.
a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”

Question 29

Stanza

Answer 29

Noun.
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.