Unit 3: Introduction To Poetry

Question 1

What is Rhyme?

Answer 1

The same syllable or word sounds, often occurring at the end of lines of poetry.

For example, see rhymes with bee.

Question 2

What is Slant Rhyme?

Answer 2

When words do not truly rhyme but have a similar sound or appear to rhyme visually.

Examples include bridge/grudge, orange/forage, said/paid.

Question 3

What is End Rhyme?

Answer 3

Rhyme that occurs at the end of a line.

Question 4

What is Internal Rhyme?

Answer 4

Rhyme that occurs within a line.

Question 5

What is a Rhyme Scheme?

Answer 5

The pattern of end rhymes used in a poem, usually indicated by letters.

abba
abba
cde
cde
abab
cdcd
efef
gg (gg is a couplet).

Question 6

What is Rhythm in poetry?

Answer 6

Repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables which create a certain sound and pace.

Question 7

What is Repetition in poetry?

Answer 7

A recurrence of elements to create unity.

Question 8

What is Diction?

Answer 8

The poet’s precise choice of words.

Question 9

What is Theme in poetry?

Answer 9

The dominant unifying idea in a poem.

Question 10

What is Figurative Language?

Answer 10

A deliberate and intentional departure from normal word meanings or word order to gain freshness and strength of expression.

Makes use of one or more figures of speech (i.e. metaphors and similes). The basic purpose is to employ ornamental devices for comparing dissimilar things, and for creating sounds and images.

Question 11

What is the structure of poetry?

Answer 11

In poetry, the text is broken down into lines or stanzas.

Question 12

What do lines represent in poetry?

Answer 12

Lines are the sentences the poet uses.

Question 13

What do stanzas represent in poetry?

Answer 13

Stanzas represent the paragraphs.

Question 14

How is the text structured in a short story or novel?

Answer 14

In a short story or novel, the text is typically broken down into sentences, paragraphs, or chapters.

Question 15

What is the structure of a sonnet?

Answer 15

A sonnet is fourteen lines long and typically focuses on love.

Question 16

What are the two major languages of sonnets?

Answer 16

The two major languages of sonnets are English (or Elizabethan/Shakespearean) and Italian (or Petrarchan).

Question 17

What is the purpose of the final six lines in a sonnet?

Answer 17

The final six lines resolve the problem presented in the first eight lines.

Question 18

What are the two categories of language?

Answer 18

Language comes in two categories:

• figurative
• literal

Question 19

What is literal language?

Answer 19

is the use of words in their conventional manner, conveying their typical meaning.

Example: Horton (the elephant created by Dr. Seuss) sums it up: ‘I meant what I said and I said what I mean’.

Question 20

What is figurative language?

Answer 20

uses words to intentionally move away from their standard meaning, meaning something beyond their literal sense.

Question 21

What is a metaphor?

Answer 21

A direct comparison between two unlike things, without using like or as.

Example: Juliet is the sun.

Question 22

What is imagery?

Answer 22

consists of descriptive, sensory words that create a mental picture.

Question 23

What is personification?

Answer 23

is attributing human qualities to animals or inanimate objects.

Example: The leaves danced in the wind.

Question 24

What is alliteration?

Answer 24

is the repetition of the initial sounds in a series of words, adding rhythm.

Example: Angela asks Adam for advice.

Question 25

What is assonance?

Answer 25

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words to add a musical effect.

Question 26

What is a simile?

Answer 26

is a comparison between two unlike things using like, as, or than.

Example: Juliet is like the sun.

Question 27

What is a Hyperbole

Answer 27

An exaggerated statement that’s not meant to be taken literally.

Example: “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”

Question 28

Allusion

Answer 28

A reference to another text, event, or figure, often from literature or history.

Example: “He was a real Romeo with the ladies,” (referring to Shakespeare’s character Romeo).

Question 29

Onomatotoia

Answer 29

A word that imitates or resembles the sound it represents.

Example: “Buzz” (for the sound a bee makes) or “clang” (for a loud, metallic sound).

Question 30

Litotes

Answer 30

A figure of speech that uses double negatives to express a positive statement.

Example: “She’s not unkind,” meaning “She’s kind.”

Question 31

Metonymy

Answer 31

Substituting a word with another closely related word.

Example: “The crown will find an heir,” where “the crown” represents royal power.

Question 32

Pun

Answer 32

A play on words that exploits multiple meanings or similar sounds for a playful sense like humor

Example: “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”

Question 33

Oxymoron

Answer 33

A combination of contradictory terms.

Example: “Deafening silence.”

Question 34

Idioms

Answer 34

Phrases whose meanings are not deducible from the literal words.

Example: “Spill the beans,” meaning “reveal the secret.”