Tier Three Vocabulary — Poetry Methods

Question 1

Idiom

Answer 1

metaphorical sayings of everyday use

Question 2

Vaults

Answer 2

turning point in a sonnet poem

Question 3

Pentameter

Answer 3

10 beats, 5 pairs

Question 4

Tetrameter

Answer 4

8 beats, 4 pairs

Question 5

Spondee

Answer 5

stressed, stressed beat

Question 6

Phyrric

Answer 6

unstressed, unstressed beat

Question 7

Iamb

Answer 7

unstressed, stressed beat

Question 8

Trochee

Answer 8

stressed, unstressed beat

Question 9

Trimeter

Answer 9

6 beats, 3 pairs

Question 10

Hexameter

Answer 10

12 beats, 6 pairs

Question 11

Syndetic lists

Answer 11

lists joined by connectives

Question 12

Asyndetic lists

Answer 12

lists joined by punctuation

Question 13

Dramatic monologue

Answer 13

creates a character

Question 14

Synaesthesia

Answer 14

sensory experience transfers memories

Question 15

Aposeopesis

Answer 15

sudden break in speech

Question 16

Metonymy

Answer 16

use of the name of one thing to represent something related to it

Question 17

Synecdoche

Answer 17

using a part of something to stand in for the whole thing

Question 18

Ode

Answer 18

a lyric poem, characterised by elaborate stanza structure

Question 19

Irony

Answer 19

a subtle form of humour involving saying things you don’t mean

Question 20

Free Verse

Answer 20

no regular rhythm or rhyme

Question 21

AO1

Answer 21

applying to the question

basic understanding of poems

Question 22

AO2

Answer 22

methods

Question 23

AO3

Answer 23

context

Question 24

AO4

Answer 24

comparison

Question 25

AO5

Answer 25

critic views