Poetry terms

Question 1

what are four examples of figurative language?

Answer 1

simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole

Question 2

What is a simile?

Answer 2

a comparison using like or as

Question 3

What is a metaphor?

Answer 3

a comparison NOT using like or as

Question 4

What is a personification?

Answer 4

giving non human objects human charecteristics

Question 5

What is hyperbole?

Answer 5

a big exaggeration.

Question 6

What are 8 examples of Sound?

Answer 6

alliteteration, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, anaphora, epistrophe, rhyming couplet, slant rhyme, and repetition

Question 7

What is a alliteration?

Answer 7

when two or more words in a line of poetry begin with the same consonant sound

Question 8

What is a internal rhyme?

Answer 8

when two or more rhyming words appear in a line of poetry

Question 9

What is onomatopoeia

Answer 9

a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to

Question 10

What is anaphora?

Answer 10

when two or more consecutive lines begin with the same word/words

Question 11

what is epistrophe?

Answer 11

when two or more consecutive lines end with the same word/ words

Question 12

What is a ryhming couplet?

Answer 12

a pair of lines that ryhme

Question 13

what is a slant rhyme?

Answer 13

a type of rhyme in which the vowel sounds or word endings are not identical: the two words sound similar but they do not form at true rhyme

Question 14

What is repetition?

Answer 14

the repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis or rhythmic effect

Question 15

What are six types of Meaning?

Answer 15

Irony, imagery, allusion, theme, tone, mood

Question 16

What is irony?

Answer 16

Situational irony- an occurrence that is the opposite of what was expected
Verbal irony- the author says one thing and means the opposite

Question 17

What is imagery?

Answer 17

Words and phrases that evoke images or other sensory experiences in a reader’s mind

Question 18

What is allusion?

Answer 18

A brief reference to a well known person, place, event, etc.

Question 19

What is theme?

Answer 19

The message that the poet is attempting to get across to his or her readers

Question 20

What is tone?

Answer 20

The writer’s and/or speaker’s attitude towards his readers and/or his subject

Question 21

What is mood?

Answer 21

The feeling or atmosphere of a poem

Question 22

What are three types of structure?

Answer 22

Stanza, sonnet, free verse

Question 23

What is a stanza?

Answer 23

A section of a poem (similar to a paragraph in a prose); a stanza is named for the number of lines it contains

Question 24

What is a sonnet?

Answer 24

A 14 line poem that uses pentameter (meaning 10 syllables per line), often iambic pentameter

Question 25

What is free verse?

Answer 25

Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme scheme or meter

Question 26

What is rhyme scheme?

Answer 26

Rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhyme a poem follows. Rhyming words are depicted using letters.

Question 27

What are two examples of meter?

Answer 27

Foot and meter

Question 28

What is foot?

Answer 28

A foot means two syllables

Question 29

What is a meter?

Answer 29

A line of poetry is named according to the number of feet it contains

Question 30

How do you spell a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to?

Answer 30

O-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-a