Vocab Quiz 10/18

Question 1

figurative language

Answer 1

language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.

Question 2

heroic couplet

Answer 2

in a poem written in iambic pentameter, two consecutive rhyming lines

Question 3

imagery

Answer 3

pictures created with words

Question 4

internal rhyme

Answer 4

when 2 words within the same line of poetry rhyme

Question 5

meter

Answer 5

the basic rhythmic structure of verses or lines in a verse

Question 6

sonnet

Answer 6

a poem that has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter

Question 7

alliteration

Answer 7

the use of repeated sounds at the start of words

Question 8

allusion (noun)
allude(verb)

Answer 8

an indirect reference in poetry to a historic event

Question 9

assonance

Answer 9

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase

Question 10

consonance

Answer 10

the reoccurring of similar consonant sounds in close proximity

Question 11

controlling image

Answer 11

a literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of work or a particular symbol.