features in poetry

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

words that start with the same sound

Question 2

ambiguity

Answer 2

a word or phrase has two or more possible meanings

Question 3

assonance

Answer 3

words that share the same vowel sound but the consonants are different (eg. feet and weep)

Question 4

ballad

Answer 4

a form of poetry that tells a story that should be remembered, often set to music

Question 5

blank verse

Answer 5

a verse of poetry written in iambic pentameter that doesn’t rhyme

Question 6

caesura

Answer 6

a pause in the middle of a line

Question 7

colloquial

Answer 7

written and sounds like everyday spoken language

Question 8

consonance

Answer 8

repetition of a consonant sound

Question 9

direct speech

Answer 9

words that have been said by someone

Question 10

dramatic monologue

Answer 10

a form of poetry that uses the voice of a single speaker who is not the poet to address an implied audience

Question 11

emotive language

Answer 11

words that cause a particular emotion

Question 12

enjambment

Answer 12

when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line or stanza to the next

Question 13

euphemism

Answer 13

indirectly meaning one thing which could cause upset or offense

Question 14

free verse

Answer 14

poetry that doesn’t rhyme and has no regular rhythm

Question 15

half-rhymes

Answer 15

words that have a similar end sound (eg. shade, said)

Question 16

hyperbole

Answer 16

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

Question 17

iambic pentameter

Answer 17

poetry with ten syllables per line, five stressed, five unstressed, alternating

Question 18

iambic tetrameter

Answer 18

poetry with eight syllables per line, four stressed, four unstressed, alternating

Question 19

imagery

Answer 19

creates an image of something in your head, can be composed of similes, metaphors etc

Question 20

internal rhyme

Answer 20

two words rhyming in the same line

Question 21

irony

Answer 21

words used in a sarcastic or comedic way to imply the opposite, or can mean a difference between expectations and reality

Question 22

layout

Answer 22

the visual presentation of the poem

Question 23

metaphor

Answer 23

saying one thing IS another when it really isn’t

Question 24

onomatopoeia

Answer 24

a word that sounds like the thing it is describing

Question 25

oxymoron

Answer 25

a phrase which contradicts itself

Question 26

personification

Answer 26

assigning human qualities to an inanimate thing

Question 27

Petrarchan sonnet

Answer 27

a sonnet where the first eight lines are ABBA rhyme scheme and introduce a problem, and then the final six lines have a different rhyme scheme and solve the presented problem

Question 28

plosive

Answer 28

a short burst of sound when saying the letters b, d, g, k, p and t

Question 29

quatrain

Answer 29

a four line stanza

Question 30

refrain

Answer 30

a line or stanza that is repeated

Question 31

rhetorical question

Answer 31

a question that doesn’t need a response, but makes or emphasises a point

Question 32

rhyming couplet

Answer 32

a pair of rhyming lines that are next to each other

Question 33

rhyming triplet

Answer 33

three rhyming lines that are next to each other

Question 34

rhythm

Answer 34

a pattern of sounds made by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 35

second person

Answer 35

when the narrator speaks directly to another person, using ‘you’ etc

Question 36

sibilance

Answer 36

repetition of ‘s’ and ‘sh’ sounds

Question 37

simile

Answer 37

comparing one thing to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 38

sonnet

Answer 38

a form of poem with fourteen lines, that usually follows a clear rhyme scheme and is usually love poetry

Question 39

stanza

Answer 39

the verses in a poem; a group of lines

Question 40

syntax

Answer 40

the arrangement of words in a sentence or phrase so that they makes sense

Question 41

voice

Answer 41

the personality of the narrator of the poem

Question 42

volta

Answer 42

a turning point in a poem, when the tone or argument changes dramatically