Poetry Vocab

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter or sound

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

rhyme in which the the same vowel sounds are use with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words
ex. molten, golden, notes

Question 3

Consonance

Answer 3

repetition of consonance sounds within a words, preceded by different vowel sounds
ex. hippy, happy, hippo

Question 4

Euphony

Answer 4

pleasing to the ear

Question 5

Cacophony

Answer 5

harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

use of words that imitate sounds

Question 7

Portmanteau

Answer 7

combination of two (or more) words or their sounds and their meanings into a single new words
ex. fog + smoke = smog

Question 8

Sight Rhymes

Answer 8

agreement in spelling but not in sounds or the ends of words or of the lines of verse
ex. have, gave

Question 9

Internal Rhymes

Answer 9

a rhyme in the same line of verse

Question 10

End Rhyme

Answer 10

rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry

Question 11

Enjambment

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Couplet

Answer 12

a pair of successive, rhyming lines of verse that are the same length

Question 13

Meter

Answer 13

poetic measure, arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned and rhythmic lines or verses

Question 14

Paradox

Answer 14

statement that is self-contradictory

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

figure of speech that produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect
ex. pretty ugly

Question 16

Allusion

Answer 16

passing or casual reference, an incidental mention of something

Question 17

Apostrophe

Answer 17

digression int he form of an address to someone not present, or to a personifies object or idea.
ex. “ode to ice-cream”

Question 18

Connotation

Answer 18

associated or secondary meaning of a word

Question 19

Dennotation

Answer 19

literal meaning of a word

Question 20

Syntax

Answer 20

arrangement of words in a sentence

Question 21

Verse

Answer 21

writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

Question 22

Free Verse

Answer 22

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Question 23

Image

Answer 23

figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile

Question 24

Sensory

Answer 24

of or relating to the senses or sensation

Question 25

Sonnet

Answer 25

a poem, written in 14 lines and in iambic pentameter which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to tightly structured thematic organization