Vocab #4

Question 1

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables within a line of poetry.

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

in poetry, the repetition of vowel sounds within a line: “The moon in June makes me swoon.”

Answer 2

Assonance

Question 3

the omission of conjunctions that usually coordinate words and phrases as in the example “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

Answer 3

Asyndeton

Question 4

a pause near the middle of a line of poetry

Answer 4

Caesura

Question 5

in poetry, the repetition of consonant sounds within a line: “…this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore.”

Answer 5

Consonance

Question 6

incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning ‘runs over’ or ‘steps over’ from one poetic line to the next, without punctuation.

Answer 6

Enjambment

Question 7

also called anastrophe, the syntactic reversal of the normal order of words in a line of poetry or a sentence, as in “Yesterday a ship I saw” and “Tomorrow will come the decision.”

Answer 7

Inversion

Question 8

repetition of conjunctions in close succession as in the example “We have tools and paint and props, so let’s get started!”

Answer 8

Polysyndeton

Question 9

division of a poem of lines grouped together, often in a recurring pattern; a paragraph in poetry.

Answer 9

Stanza

Question 10

from Latin “to turn”; a turn of thought or a shift in a poem (could also apply to a story)

Answer 10

Volta