Poetry

Question 0

the narrative voice of the poem (not necessarily the poet)

Answer 0

Speaker

Question 1

a structural part or section of a poem (sort of like a paragraph in a piece of prose)

Answer 1

Stanza

Question 2

the speaker’s attitude toward the subject matter

Answer 2

Tone

Question 3

an extended metaphor that applies multiple characteristics of an object to something else

Answer 3

Conceit

Question 4

a brief reference to an event or person from history, literature, or popular culture, which is meant to activate background knowledge

Answer 4

Allusion

Question 5

exaggeration for effect

Answer 5

Hyperbole

Question 6

an exact match of sounds

Answer 6

Perfect rhyme

Question 7

a close but not exact match of sounds—usually the final consonants are similar but not the same

Answer 7

Near rhyme

Question 8

rhyme that falls at the end of two or more lines in a poem (not necessarily together)

Answer 8

End rhyme

Question 9

a rhyming pair that falls within the same line of poetry (rather than at the end of lines)

Answer 9

Internal rhyme

Question 10

two consecutive lines that rhyme

Answer 10

Couplet

Question 11

repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 11

Consonance

Question 12

repetition of vowel sounds

Answer 12

Assonance

Question 13

spellings of paired words appear to rhyme, but the sounds don’t
ex: love and prove

Answer 13

Sight rhyme

Question 14

the use of words that sound like what they mean

Ex: buzz, whoosh, boom

Answer 14

Onomatopoeia

Question 15

a representation of rhyming patterns in letters

Answer 15

Rhyme scheme

Question 16

a fourteen-line lyrical poem with the following rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Answer 16

Elizabethan sonnet