Poetry

Question 0

direct metaphor

Answer 0

comparison of two dissimilar things, does not use “like” or “as”

Question 1

simile

Answer 1

a comparison of two dissimilar things using the words “like” or “as”

Question 2

tenor

Answer 2

the subject to which the metaphor is applied

Question 3

vehicle

Answer 3

the metaphorical term itself

Question 4

implied metaphor

Answer 4

a metaphor in which the tenor is not specified

Question 5

extended metaphor

Answer 5

a metaphor which is extended throughout a few lines of a poem or an entire poem

Question 6

personification

Answer 6

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

Question 7

diction

Answer 7

word choice

Question 8

connotation

Answer 8

emotions/ associations, attached to a word

Question 9

denotation

Answer 9

literal/dictionary, definition of a word

Question 10

archetype

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universal symbol/literary device

Question 11

carpediem

Answer 11

“seize the dead” live life to the fullest

Question 12

symbolism

Answer 12

supports theme

Question 13

lyric

Answer 13

a short poem that expresses strong feelings. unlike a narrative poem, a lyric does not tell a story

Question 14

imagery

Answer 14

language that appears to the 5 senses.

Question 15

rythm

Answer 15

the “beat” in poetry how stressed and unstressed syllables make the voice ride and fall.

Question 16

Meter

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a strict rythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 17

free verse

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loose rythm no strict pattern

Question 18

metrical poetry

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poetry that has no meter

Question 19

scansion

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marking the syllables (stressed and unstressed) in a poem to determine the meter

Question 20

foot

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a unit consisting of at least 1 stressed syllable and usually one or more unstressed syllables

Question 21

iamb

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unstressed / stressed

Question 22

trochee

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stressed / unstressed

Question 23

anapest

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unstressed/ unstressed / stressed

Question 24

dactyl

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stressed / unstressed / unstressed

Question 25

ballad

Answer 25

song like poem that has a beat

Question 26

sonnet

Answer 26

14 line lyric poem with strict guidelines

Question 27

quatrain

Answer 27

ryming groups of 4

Question 28

couplet

Answer 28

pair of ryming lines

Question 29

end ryme

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occurs at the ends of lines

Question 30

internal ryme

Answer 30

occurs within the line

Question 31

ryme scheme

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pattern of rymed lines in a poem

Question 32

alliteration

Answer 32

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that appear close together