Poetic Devices

Question 1

metric line of poetry

Answer 1

verse

Question 2

two-line group of poetry

Answer 2

couplet

Question 3

running over of a sentence or thought from one line to another

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enjambment

Question 4

a line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation

Answer 4

end-stopped line

Question 5

repetition of a consonant at the beginning of words

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alliteration

Question 6

repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or ends of words

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consonance

Question 7

repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words

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assonance

Question 8

words that imitate natural sounds

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onomatopoeia

Question 9

a harsh, discordant, unpleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

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cacaphony

Question 10

a smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds

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euphony

Question 11

a word whose sound, by an obscure process, to some degree suggests its meaning. As differentiated from onomatopoetic words, the meanings of phonetic intensives do not refer explicitly to sounds

Answer 11

phonetic intensive

Question 12

the recurrence of words, phrases, or lines

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repetition

Question 13

part of a stanza repeated regularly (often at end of stanzas)

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refrain

Question 14

the repetition of an opening word of phrase in a series of lines

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anaphora

Question 15

a speech pause occurring within a line, either grammatical or rhetorical

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caesura

Question 16

the reordering of the usual word order

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inversion

Question 17

pattern or beat of stressed and unstressed syllables

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rhythm

Question 18

sound of accented vowels and all subsequent sounds are same

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rhyme

Question 19

a rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound is in the final syllable of the words involved

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masculine rhyme

Question 20

a rhyme in which the repeated accented vowel sound is in either the second or third last syllable of the words involved

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feminine rhyme

Question 21

“off-rhyme:” the vowel sounds are similar but not indentical

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slant rhyme

Question 22

rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines

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end rhyme

Question 23

rhyming words that appear in the same line

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internal rhyme

Question 24

the process of measuring metrical verse, that is, of marking accented and I accented syllables, dividing the lines into feet, identifying the metrical, and noting significant variations from that pattern

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scansion

Question 25

poetry that does NOT have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

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free verse

Question 26

words and phrases that re-create vivid sensory experiences

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imagery

Question 27

comparison using “like” or “as”

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simile

Question 28

a comparison WITHOUT using “like” or “as”

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metaphor

Question 29

figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or ideas

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personification

Question 30

when a poem speaks to something/someone who cannot respond

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apostrophe

Question 31

a reference to something with which the reader should be familiar

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allusion

Question 32

a compact verbal paradox in which two successive words contradict one another

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oxymoron

Question 33

a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements

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paradox

Question 34

the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant

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metonymy

Question 35

the use of the part for the whole

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synecdoche

Question 36

a figure of speech (usually metaphor, simile, personification, or apostrophe) sustained or developed through a considerable number of lines through a whole poem

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extended figure

Question 37

a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration that may be used for serious of comic effect

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hyperbole

Question 38

the opposite of hyperbole; a type of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is

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understatement

Question 39

the use of words in a literary work: formal, informal, colloquial, or slang

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diction

Question 40

the ordering of words into patterns or sentences; if a poet shifts from the usual word order it is an older style of poetry or a poet who wants to shift emphasis on a particular word

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syntax

Question 41

something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else

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symbol

Question 42

literal or dictionary meaning of a word

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denotation

Question 43

emotions or feelings a word can arouse in a reader

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connotation

Question 44

the manner in which the author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning

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tone

Question 45

a poem that tells a story

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narrative

Question 46

a poem which employs a dramatic form or some elements of dramatic techniques as a means of achieving poetic ends, like a dramatic monologue

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dramatic

Question 47

a long poem that recounts adventures of heroic figures in polished, elevated language

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epic

Question 48

poem that communicates emotion

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lyric

Question 49

a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson

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didactic

Question 50

a formal poem mourning the death of a certain individual

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elegy

Question 51

a poem that praises someone or something

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ode

Question 52

a division of poetry; a group of lines of poetry

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stanza

Question 53

a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences or ideas; it is balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness

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antithesis