Sonnet Test

Question 1

enjambment/enjamed lined

Answer 1

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

Question 2

understatement

Answer 2

a statement that says less than what is meant

Question 3

imagery

Answer 3

description that appeals to the senses

Question 4

diction

Answer 4

a writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

Question 5

syntax

Answer 5

sentence structure

Question 6

hyperbole

Answer 6

exaggeration

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

a comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 8

end-stopped lines

Answer 8

lines of poetry that end with punctuation marks

Question 9

apostrophe

Answer 9

addressed someone that is not there

Question 10

near/slant rhymes

Answer 10

when two words almost rhyme (paper/neighbor)

Question 11

juxtaposition

Answer 11

placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Question 12

symbol

Answer 12

anything that stands for or represents something else

Question 13

consonance

Answer 13

repetition of consonant sounds (last letter is the same)

Question 14

iamb

Answer 14

U /

Question 15

trochee

Answer 15

/ U

Question 16

anapest

Answer 16

U U /

Question 17

clactyl

Answer 17

/ U U

Question 18

name of lines

Answer 18

number of feet there are in a line (pattern)

Question 19

name of lines

Answer 19

monometer, di, tri, tetra, penta, hexa, repta, oito

Question 20

name of lines

Answer 20

monometer, di, tri, tetra, penta, hexa, repta, oito