poetry quiz

Question 1

allegory

Answer 1

a story with a double-meaning so it can be read/understood/interpreted at two or more levels

Question 2

alliteration

Answer 2

the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

an indirect reference to another work of literature or art, person, or event intended to give depth

Question 4

anaphora

Answer 4

the repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses or phrases

Question 5

assonance

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the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds, usually close together, to achieve a particular effect

Question 6

caesura

Answer 6

when there is a pause within the line ( a breath), a change of gear (often by punctuation)

Question 7

consonance

Answer 7

the repetition of similar or identical consonants before and after different vowels

Question 8

end-stopping

Answer 8

when each line contains a single thought that finishes with the line (generally, with punctuation)

Question 9

enjambment

Answer 9

when a line of poetry runs on (generally, without punctuation)

Question 10

hyperbole

Answer 10

exaggeration for emphasis

Question 11

metaphor

Answer 11

a comparison without like or as

Question 12

meter

Answer 12

the heartbeat of a poem

Question 13

metonymy

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the name of an attribute or thing is used for the thing itself

Question 14

paradox

Answer 14

a statement that is contradictory or illogical, but ultimately expresses a truth

Question 15

pentameter

Answer 15

five poetic feet in a line of poetry

Question 16

personification

Answer 16

giving something human quality

Question 17

onomatopoeia

Answer 17

the use of words to imitate sound

Question 18

oxymoron

Answer 18

opposite or contradictory terms used together for emphasis (ex: she’s pretty ugly)

Question 19

reversal/substitution

Answer 19

the accent within a poetic foot (via the words being used) being altered so that the foot changes from, ex: iamb into a pyrrhus

Question 20

similie

Answer 20

a comparison with like or as

Question 21

synecdoche

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the name of a part of a thing that stands for the whole

Question 22

tetrameter

Answer 22

four poetic feet in a line of poetry

Question 23

trimeter

Answer 23

three poetic feet in a line of poetry

Question 24

weak ending

Answer 24

when a line of poetry concludes with an extra, hanging syllable