Unit 5 Poetry

Question 0

Stanza

Answer 0

Lines in a poem usually referred to as stanzas

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

The way the poems words are laid out on the page when reading

Question 2

Traditional

Answer 2

Traditional poetry contains stanzas with the same amount of lines or there is a pattern in the stanzas

Question 3

Free verse

Answer 3

When a poems form does not look unified

Question 4

Analogy

Answer 4

A comparison…similes and metaphors are 2 types of analogys

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison using like or as

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Shows comparison by stating that one thing is something else

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

To give an object human or life like qualities

Question 8

Hyperbole

Answer 8

A fancy word for exaggeration

Question 9

Symbol

Answer 9

Something concrete that represents an idea or feeling

Question 10

Alliteration

Answer 10

The repetition of the initial constant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words or syllables

Question 11

Imagery

Answer 11

Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

Answer 12

The use of a word that sound like what they are…BANG! or POW!

Question 13

Idiom

Answer 13

Expression who’s meaning is completely different from what it’s words seem to say.

Question 14

Cliche

Answer 14

An idea or expression that has been overused to the point where it is boring and corny

Question 15

Tone

Answer 15

The attitude…negative, neutral, or positive

Question 16

Mood

Answer 16

The feeling of the poem

Question 17

Rhyme scheme

Answer 17

The pattern of rhyming in a poem

Question 18

Rhythm

Answer 18

The beat of a poem

Question 19

Repetition

Answer 19

The use of a word, phrase, line or sound to show importance

Question 20

Rhyming couplet

Answer 20

Is a type of rhyme scheme that consists of 2 rhyming lines