Poetry Theory

Question 1

Define: Prose

Answer 1

A Sentence or writing in paragraph form

Question 2

Define: Verse

Answer 2

Poetry
(Definite line endings)

Question 3

Define: Simile

Answer 3

A comparison of two unlike things USING like or as
eg. Her eyes were AS lovely AS a summers breeze

Question 4

Define: Metaphor

Answer 4

A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
eg. Her ocean blue eyes

Question 5

Define: Personification

Answer 5

Giving something non-human, human characteristics

Question 6

Define: Oxymoron

Answer 6

Words or phrase that contradict

Question 7

Define: Paradox

Answer 7

A statement that contradicts

Question 8

Define: Allusion

Answer 8

An indirect reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event
eg. Hitler

Question 9

Define: Apostrophe

Answer 9

Directly speaking to someone or something in a line of poetry
eg. Tom, I love you OR Rain, when will you come?

Question 10

Define: Pun

Answer 10

A play-apon word in which has three possible forms
-A word with two different meanings
-Similarity of meaning in two words that are homonyms
-Two words pronounced and spelled similarly but have different meanings
eg. “The dead father will restrict his will a living daughter”
-Will-Written documents, desires

Question 11

Define: Metonymy

Answer 11

One word is a direct substitute for another
eg. Home boys/Homies

Question 12

Define: synecdoche

Answer 12

Part represents a whole
eg. I miss your lovely eyes

Question 13

Define: Free verse

Answer 13

A poem that has no rhyme or rhythm

Question 14

Define: Hyperbole

Answer 14

An extreme exageration
eg. I will die without you

Question 15

Define: Onomatopoeia

Answer 15

Words sound suggests its meaning
eg. Crackle, boom, pow, etc

Question 16

Define: Symbolism

Answer 16

Something represents something else
eg. heats represents love OR Guns represent violence

Question 17

Define: Denotation

Answer 17

Dictionary definition of a word
eg. Red- colour OR home- where someone lives

Question 18

Define: Connotation

Answer 18

The implied meaning of a word
eg. red is associated with passion, speed, danger, etc

Question 19

Define: Juxtaposition

Answer 19

Placing two or more unrelated terms side by side
eg. Macaroni; gym shoes

Question 20

Define: Alliteration

Answer 20

Repetition of a similar or constant sound at the begging of the word
eg. Bob boasted about being brave

Question 21

Define: Assonance

Answer 21

Repetition of a similar vowel in a line of poetry
eg. Grave mistake

Question 22

Define: Cononanse

Answer 22

Repetition of a similar constant sounds in a line of poetry
eg. Kit submitted a late assignment

Question 23

Define: Imagery

Answer 23

Figurative language using the five senses to create metaphor’s, similes, personification, and vivid descriptions to produce a mental picture.

Question 24

Define: Repetiton

Answer 24

Repeating words, phrases, lines or stanzas for four possible reasons:
1. Rhyme
2. Rhythm
3.Emphasis
4. Continuity

Question 25

Define: Refrain

Answer 25

Lines of poetry in which repeat at regular intervals within the poem eg. A chorus in a song

Question 26

Define: Stanza

Answer 26

A group of lines separated by a line space for four possible reasons: 1.Rhyme 2.Rhythm 3.Emphasis 4. Different Ideas

Question 27

Define: Rhyming couplet

Answer 27

Two lines which end in rhyme

Question 28

Define: Quatrix

Answer 28

Four line stanza

Question 29

Define: Sestet

Answer 29

Six line stanza

Question 30

Define: Octave

Answer 30

Eight line stanza

Question 31

Define: Rhyme

Answer 31

Similar sounds in a words positioned closely together

Question 32

Define: Beginning rhyme

Answer 32

The rhyme occurs at the beginning of two or more lines eg. Gladly, well sing OR Madly, well rove

Question 33

Define: Internal rhyme

Answer 33

The rhyme occurs within a single line eg. The health and wealth diminished in the nation

Question 34

Define: End rhyme

Answer 34

The rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines (The most common type of rhyme)

Question 35

Define: Rhyme scheme

Answer 35

An alphabetical labelling system used to describe the rhyming pattern in a poem

Question 36

Define: Persona

Answer 36

The character who narrates the poem and is NOT the author In creating the poem, the author creates a speaker who is someone other than them self

Question 37

Define: Rhythm

Answer 37

A recurrent beat or stress of the lines

Question 38

Define: Mood

Answer 38

The feeling the reader gets from reading the work

Question 39

Define: Tone

Answer 39

The writers attitude toward the subject and the audience