literary terms

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

2 or more words that start with the same letter (anna’s appealing apples are aquatic)

Question 2

blank verse

Answer 2

verse with me rhyme scheme but is in iambic pentameter

Question 3

free verse

Answer 3

verse with me regular meter or rhyme scheme

Question 4

pyrrhic

Answer 4

unstressed/unstressed

Question 5

dactyl

Answer 5

stressed/unstressed/unstressed

Question 6

anapest

Answer 6

unstressed/stressed/stressed

Question 7

trochee

Answer 7

stressed/unstressed

Question 8

iamb

Answer 8

unstressed/stressed

Question 9

foot(feet)

Answer 9

unit used to measure poetry

Question 10

Scansion/stress

Answer 10

dividing poetry into poetic “feet”, syllables that require emphasis.

Question 11

meter and rhythm

Answer 11

rhythmic structure of a verse or line, the stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

Question 12

form and structure

Answer 12

the way that a poem is formed by meter, foot and spacing.

Question 13

Petrarchan conceit

Answer 13

comparing love or lovers to something they usually wouldn’t be compared to

Question 14

conceit

Answer 14

comparing something to something that it usually wouldn’t be compared to

Question 15

denotation

Answer 15

dictionary or exact definition of a word or phase

Question 16

connotation

Answer 16

the interpretation of a word or phrase

Question 17

approximate rhyme

Answer 17

words similar in sound but do not exactly rhyme (similar to slant rhyme)

Question 18

imperfect rhyme or slant rhyme

Answer 18

rhymes where the words partially match each other in production but are similar in spelling (ex. move and love)

Question 19

eye rhymes

Answer 19

two or more words that are spelled similar but are produced differently.

Question 20

internal rhyme

Answer 20

rhymes that are within a line.

Question 21

end rhyme

Answer 21

words that have similar endings that are found at the end of lines

Question 22

rhyme

Answer 22

words that sound or look similar in production or diction. come in all different forms

Question 23

syntax

Answer 23

the grammar and formation of a sentence (or phrase)

Question 24

poetic diction

Answer 24

The language and literary terms used in a poem (like metaphor, simile)

Question 25

Humanism

Answer 25

the newfound appreciation and fascination with the human form

Question 26

Renaissance

Answer 26

A time of “re-birth”, rethinking culture, society, education, and the human form

Question 27

assonance

Answer 27

repetition of a sound of a vowel