Vocab 6

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of a consonant sound in the initial position of a line

Question 2

ambiguity

Answer 2

purposeful multiple meanings as in a pun or double entendre

Question 3

amphibrach

Answer 3

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed
syllables (u / u)

Question 4

anapest

Answer 4

A metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented
syllable (u u /) i.e., “underfoot” or “overcome

Question 5

assonance

Answer 5

repetition of a vowel sound

Question 6

blank verse

Answer 6

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 7

cacophony

Answer 7

harsh sounds

Question 8

canto

Answer 8

division of a long poem, like a chapter in a novel

Question 9

consonance

Answer 9

repetition of a consonant sound in any position in a line

Question 10

English sonnet

Answer 10

sometimes called a Shakespearean sonnet; a fourteen-line poem in iambic
pentameter written as three quatrains and a heroic couplet

Question 11

enjambment

Answer 11

the running over of a sentence from one line or stanza to another

Question 12

epigram

Answer 12

A witty poem or saying

Question 13

euphony

Answer 13

pleasing sounds

Question 14

free verse

Answer 14

poetry with no regular rhyme or rhythm

Question 15

heroic couplet

Answer 15

two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter, usually concluding an English sonnet

Question 16

iamb

Answer 16

a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (u /) i.e., “unite” or “provide”

Question 17

Italian sonnet

Answer 17

sometimes called a Petrarchan sonnet; a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter written as an octave and a sestet or as a sestet and an octave

Question 18

metric feet

Answer 18

a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm i.e., iamb, anapest, spondee, dactyl

Question 19

metric lines

Answer 19

the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse i.e., tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter

Question 20

onomatopoeia

Answer 20

a word whose sound suggests its meaning i.e., pow! or squeak!

Question 21

parallelism

Answer 21

repetition of similar syntactical structure; sometimes called parallel structure

Question 22

refrain

Answer 22

repetition of a line or phrase at regular intervals like a chorus

Question 23

rhyme scheme

Answer 23

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse which is expressed alphabetically (for example, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)

Question 24

slant rhyme

Answer 24

A close but not exact rhyme; sometimes called a forced rhyme

Question 25

stanzas

Answer 25

groups of lines forming the basic recurring metrical units in a poem i.e., couplet, quatrain, sestet, octave