Poetry List 1&2

Question 1

Couplet

Answer 1

two line stanza

Question 2

Persona

Answer 2

character taken on by the poet who speaks as the first person

Question 3

Free Verse Poetry

Answer 3

Does not have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables and does not rhyme

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

comparing two unlike things not using like or as

Question 6

Haiku

Answer 6

three line poem
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7
5

Question 7

Narrative Poem

Answer 7

a poem that tells a story, generally longer because the poet must establish characters and the plot

Question 8

Consonance

Answer 8

like an alliteration EXCEPT repeated consonants sounds can be anywhere in the words

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

words that imitate the sound they are naming or sounds that imitate another sound

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

comparing to unlike things using like or as

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

giving human qualities to a nonhuman object or thing

Question 12

Stanza

Answer 12

a group of lines arranged together in a poem

Question 13

Imagery

Answer 13

language that u can picture in your head/ appeals to your sense of sound, touch, taste, or smell

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

consonant sounds repeated at the beginning of words

Question 15

Quatrain

Answer 15

four line stanza

Question 16

Assonance

Answer 16

repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry/ often creates near rhyme

Question 17

Lyric

Answer 17

a short poem usually written in first person point of view. Expresses and emotion, idea or describes a scene/ do not tell a story and are often musical

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

is a reference to something famous

Question 19

Rhyme scheme

Answer 19

is the pattern of rhyme, usually end rhyme and used the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to visually “see” the pattern

Question 20

Rhyme

Answer 20

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Question 21

Rhythm

Answer 21

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Question 22

Symbol

Answer 22

a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Question 23

Verse

Answer 23

writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

Question 24

Ballad

Answer 24

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.

Question 25

Rhyme

Answer 25

correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

Question 26

Rhythm

Answer 26

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Question 27

Symbol

Answer 27

a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process

Question 28

Verse

Answer 28

writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

Question 29

Ballad

Answer 29

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

Question 30

Analyze

Answer 30

examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure, typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

Question 31

Compare

Answer 31

estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between

Question 32

Context

Answer 32

the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed

Question 33

Contrast

Answer 33

the state of being strikingly different from something else

Question 34

Convey

Answer 34

make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable to someone

Question 35

Dialect

Answer 35

a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

Question 36

Differentiate

Answer 36

recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.

Question 37

Exaggeration

Answer 37

a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

Question 38

Gullible

Answer 38

easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.

Question 39

Mockery

Answer 39

teasing and contemptuous language or behavior directed at a particular person or thing

Question 40

Motive

Answer 40

a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious.

Question 41

Naive

Answer 41

(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.

Question 42

Sarcastic

Answer 42

marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt

Question 43

Significant

Answer 43

sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.

Question 44

Summarize

Answer 44

give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

Question 45

Supportive

Answer 45

providing encouragement or emotional help.

Question 46

Underlying

Answer 46

present participle of underlie. be the cause or basis of (something).

Question 47

Universal

Answer 47

of, affecting, or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.

Question 48

Vivid

Answer 48

producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

Question 49

Inspire

Answer 49

fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.

Question 50

Harmony

Answer 50

the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect