Poetry Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in a line of verse.

Question 2

Haiku

Answer 2

a Japanese poem of three lines with 17 syllables 5/7/5

Question 3

Free verse

Answer 3

poetry consisting of unrhymed lines and irregular rhythmic patterns

Question 4

Image

Answer 4

a word or group of words that appeals to the five senses

Question 5

Onomatopoeia

Answer 5

a word or phrase that imitates the sound for the thing it describes.

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

a comparison of two objects introduced by LIKE or AS

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

a comparison of two unlike objects with a single quality in common. This comparison does NOT use LIKE or AS

Question 9

Rhyme

Answer 9

repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of words. Usually in poetry, rhyming means the ending of two or more lines that sound alike

Question 10

Ear Rhymes

Answer 10

words that sound alike but are not spelled alike.

Question 11

Rhythm

Answer 11

the regular rise and fall of sounds; the reoccurrence of a definite accent pattern in prose and poetry

Question 12

Blank Verse

Answer 12

unrhymed iambic pentameter (poetry with rhythm but no rhyme)

Question 13

Mood

Answer 13

the state of feeling created by a poem

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

the way the author feels about his subject; bitter, sentimental, etc. Do not confuse tone with mood.

Question 15

Theme

Answer 15

the central thought or idea in a poem

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

the opposite happens of what is expected

Question 17

Allusion

Answer 17

a reference to another literary work, mythology, or the Bible.

Question 18

Stanza

Answer 18

a group of lines , usually four or more, arranged in a fixed pattern.

Question 19

Assonance

Answer 19

a vowel sound is repeated in two or more words near each other

Question 20

Consonance

Answer 20

consonant sounds are repeated in the middle or at the end of words

Question 21

Repetition

Answer 21

repeating the same words throughout a poem

Question 22

Denotation

Answer 22

the dictionary definition of a word

Question 23

Connotation

Answer 23

the feeling you get from a word (beyond its real definition)

Question 24

Symbol

Answer 24

something that stands for something else; there is another meaning other than the literal meaning

Question 25

Oxymoron

Answer 25

a combination of contradictory or incongruous words

Question 26

Synecdoche

Answer 26

a figure of speech by which a part is named for the whole

Question 27

Form

Answer 27

a poem’s structure