Terms

Question 1

The use of the same letter at the beginning of words
that are close

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

Words that sound the same as what they represent

Answer 2

Onomatopoeia

Question 3

To give an inanimate object human characteristics

Answer 3

Personification

Question 4

To describe something ‘as’ or ‘like’ something else

Answer 4

Simile

Question 5

To use the same word/phrase more than once

Answer 5

Repitition

Question 6

Comparing two things by saying they are each other

Answer 6

Metaphor

Question 7

The continuation of a sentence without a pause
beyond the end of a line

Answer 7

Enjambment

Question 8

This describes the beat of a poem

Answer 8

Rythm

Question 9

When lines of poetry end with the same sounds

Answer 9

Rhyme

Question 10

Groups of lines in a poem (a verse)

Answer 10

Stanza

Question 11

When vowel sounds within words are the same or
very similar

Answer 11

Assonance

Question 12

Point at which poem changes mood, time, etc.

Answer 12

Pivot

Question 13

A pause within a line of poetry to give emphasis

Answer 13

Caesura

Question 14

Use of words or phrases that are often sarcastic and
or humorous

Answer 14

Irony

Question 15

Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f

Answer 15

Fricatives

Question 16

Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k, b, g, d

Answer 16

Plosives

Question 17

Sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh

Answer 17

Sibilance

Question 18

Expressing the highest or a very high degree of a
quality

Answer 18

Superlative

Question 19

Two things being seen or placed close together with
contrasting effect

Answer 19

Juxtaposition

Question 20

Be a warning or indication of (a future event)

Answer 20

Foreshadowing

Question 21

A group of words with the same topic, function or
form

Answer 21

Lexical set

Question 22

Words that are very old or old-fashioned

Answer 22

Archaisms

Question 23

The most important information in a clause or
sentence is placed at the end

Answer 23

End focus