Elements of Poetry

Question 1

slant rhyme

Answer 1

half rhyme, or near rhyme

same ending consistent sound, same ending vowel sound

Question 2

scanning

Answer 2

looking for stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

Question 3

lyric poem

Answer 3

has rhyme and rhythm pattern

Question 4

song

Answer 4

lyric poem set to music - type of lyric poem

Question 5

sonnet

Answer 5

14 lines with elaborate rhyme scheme

includes- Shakespeare (3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet), Petrarchian (Octave and sestet) - type of lyric poem

Question 6

Ode

Answer 6

dignified, lofty style and thought on a serious subject; can be long and formal or simple and short - type of lyric poem

Question 7

Elegy

Answer 7

poem with theme of death or mourning the death of a loved one - type of lyric poem

Question 8

Dramatic Monologue

Answer 8

characters speak and move, can be told by on speaker, can be blank verse - type of lyric poem

Question 9

Narrative

Answer 9

tells a story - type of lyric poem

includes- epic poem, and ballad

Question 10

Epic Poem

Answer 10

tells of the deeds of great hero of national or international fame, strong rhythmic pattern; long, ceremonious, dignified and lofty language - type of narrative and type of lyric poem

Question 11

Ballad

Answer 11

short poem meant for singing, uses a refrain (group of words repeated at regular intervals), strong rhythm (mostly tragic in nature) - type of narrative and type of lyric poem

Question 12

Blank verse

Answer 12

poem with rhythm but no rhyme

Question 13

Free verse

Answer 13

poem with no rhythm and no rhyme

Question 14

Rhymed verse

Answer 14

poem with rhythm and rhyme

Question 15

Mood

Answer 15

the emotional tone conveyed by poem

includes- serious, sad, humorous, satirical, cynical, etc.

Question 16

Stanza form

Answer 16

poetic paragraphs, a group of lines whose pattern is repeated throughout the poem

Question 17

Line

Answer 17

one line - type of stanza form

Question 18

Couplet

Answer 18

2 lines - type of stanza form

Question 19

Tercet

Answer 19

3 lines - type of stanza form

Question 20

Quatrain

Answer 20

4 lines - type of stanza form

Question 21

Quintet

Answer 21

5 lines - type of stanza form

Question 22

Sestet

Answer 22

6 lines - type of stanza form

Question 23

Septet

Answer 23

7 lines - type of stanza form

Question 24

Octave

Answer 24

7 lines - type of stanza form

Question 25

Sonnet

Answer 25

14 lines - type of stanza form

Question 26

Irregular number

Answer 26

blank or free verse - type of stanza form

Question 27

Rhyme positions

Answer 27

End rhyme - found at end of line Internal - middle word rhymes with end word in a line Beginning - first syllables of lines rhyme

Question 28

Masculine rhyme

Answer 28

rhyme of one syllable (house, mouse)

Question 29

Feminine rhyme

Answer 29

rhyme of more than one syllable (lightning, frightening)

Question 30

Imperfect rhyme

Answer 30

forced rhyme, looks like it should rhyme but it doesn't (wind, kind)

Question 31

Rhythm

Answer 31

patterns of beats created by stressed and unstressed syllables in line

Question 32

Foot

Answer 32

The smallest rhythmic unit within a line of poetry

Question 33

Iambic

Answer 33

x/ | type of foot, type of rhythm

Question 34

Trochiac

Answer 34

/x (slow and mournful) | type of foot, type of rhythm

Question 35

Anapestic

Answer 35

xx/ (gallops and leaps) | type of foot, type of rhythm

Question 36

Dactylic

Answer 36

/xx (slow and mournful) | type of foot, type of rhythm

Question 37

Caesura

Answer 37

Internal pause in a line | type of foot, type of rhythm

Question 38

Meter

Answer 38

the number of feet in a line of poetry

Question 39

monometer

Answer 39

1 foot | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 40

dimeter

Answer 40

2 feet | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 41

trimeter

Answer 41

3 feet | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 42

tetrameter

Answer 42

4 feet | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 43

pentameter

Answer 43

5 feet | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 44

hexameter

Answer 44

6 feet | type of meter, type or rhythm

Question 45

heptameter

Answer 45

7 feet | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 46

octameter

Answer 46

8 feet | type of meter, type of rhythm

Question 47

Simile

Answer 47

a comparison of two essentially unlike things using LIKE, AS, or THAN

Question 48

Metaphor

Answer 48

a comparison of two unlike things WITH OUT the use of like, as, or than

Question 49

Hyperbole

Answer 49

an exaggeration for specific effect

Question 50

personification

Answer 50

giving human like qualities to something non-human

Question 51

Symbol

Answer 51

something concrete which represents an abstract idea

Question 52

Alliteration

Answer 52

the repetition of the first letter of words in a series

Question 53

Onomatopoeia

Answer 53

words that sounds like their meaning

Question 54

Assonance

Answer 54

the repetition of vowel sounds

Question 55

Consonance

Answer 55

the repetition of consonant sounds

Question 56

Haiku

Answer 56

Japanese poem of three lines | usually relating to nature

Question 57

Lyric poem - terminology

Answer 57

a short poem expressing thoughts or emotions of a single speaker

Question 58

Prose poetry

Answer 58

poetry written in prose form using poetic devices

Question 59

Poetry

Answer 59

rhythmic, compressed language using figures of speech to appeal to emotions

Question 60

Juxtaposition

Answer 60

placing objects/entities side by side for effect (Hot and Cold)

Question 61

Tone

Answer 61

the authors attitude towards a subject | tone and mood should mirror each other excluding satires

Question 62

Diction

Answer 62

word choice

Question 63

Inverted syntax

Answer 63

reversed word order from typical structure (things Yoda says)

Question 64

Anaphora

Answer 64

repetition of words at the beginning of a line of poetry or prose