poetic linguistics

Question 1

alternate rhyme

Answer 1

lines of poetry where the rhyme is on every other line (abab)

Question 2

caesura

Answer 2

a mid line pause indicated by -

Question 3

dactyl

Answer 3

a unit of poetic meter containing one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

Question 4

eye rhyme

Answer 4

where the rhyme looks like it should rhyme but the sounds not exactly the same

Question 5

iambic

Answer 5

unit of poetic meter containing one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

Question 6

volta

Answer 6

turning point

Question 7

verse type

Answer 7

type of poem eg sonnet lyric ballad ode narrative etc

Question 8

trochee

Answer 8

unit of poetic meter containing one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable

Question 9

tetrameter

Answer 9

a unit of poetic meter containing four feet

Question 10

trimeter

Answer 10

unit of poetic meter containing three feet

Question 11

internal rhyme

Answer 11

where the rhyme takes place within a line of verse

Question 12

enjambment

Answer 12

lines that run on

Question 13

pentameter

Answer 13

a unit of poetic meter containing five feet

Question 14

prosodic features

Answer 14

use of pitch volume pace and rhythm to draw attention to key aspects of spoken language

Question 15

sibilants

Answer 15

consonant syllables articulated by hissing sounds like ss

Question 16

stanza

Answer 16

division of lines in a poem

Question 17

spondee

Answer 17

unit of poetic measure containing two stressed syllables

Question 18

stress

Answer 18

the exadurated phenome of a word

Question 19

rondo

Answer 19

expresses a poem that has a similar start and end