Poetry terms/vocab

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

additional meaning/feeling/associations of a word going beyond the literal definition

Question 2

Denotation

Answer 2

literal/dictionary definition

Question 3

Imagery

Answer 3

using the senses/descriptive language to create mental images and evoke emotions

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

overarching message/central idea the author wants to convey

Question 5

Tone

Answer 5

the author’s attitude towards the subject/speaker/audience

Question 6

End-stopped line

Answer 6

when the phrase/sentence stops at the end of a line

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

when a phrase/sentence does not stop at the end of a line (continues to next)

Question 8

Stanzaic (structured) Form

Answer 8

a poem structured with stanzas using a consistent metrical pattern or rhyme scheme

Question 9

Continuous (Free) Form

Answer 9

poetry that doesn’t follow a tradition/strict form with meter/rhyme/stanza structure

Question 10

Prose

Answer 10

written or spoken language in ordinary form; without metrical structure

Question 11

Verse

Answer 11

the designation of any grouping of words in poetry (can be 1+ lines)

Question 12

Allusion

Answer 12

brief/indirect reference to person, place event, or literary work

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

comparison without using like or as

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

an overstatement

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

contradicting words put together

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

discrepancy between what is said/expected and what is true/what happens

Question 17

Paradox

Answer 17

seems to be contradictory but actually reveals deeper insight

Question 18

Personification

Answer 18

when human qualities/emotions/actions are attributed to non-human things

Question 19

Symbol

Answer 19

object/person/place/idea that represents something beyond its literal meaning

Question 20

Juxtaposition

Answer 20

contradicting ideas

Question 21

Alliteration

Answer 21

repetition of the same sound at the start of words
(Betty Bought Butter But the Butter was Bitter)

Question 22

Assonance

Answer 22

repetition of vowel sounds
(goes, knows, flows, slows, etc)

Question 23

Consonance

Answer 23

repetition of consonant sounds
(miKe liKes his new biKe)

Question 24

Cacophony

Answer 24

combination of sounds that are harsh/jarring/discordant

Question 25

Euphony

Answer 25

words that are pleasing/harmonious

Question 26

End Rhyme

Answer 26

when there is rhyme at the end of lines of a poem

Question 27

Internal Rhyme

Answer 27

rhyme occuring in the middle of a line

Question 28

Onomatopoeia

Answer 28

words imitating the sound of an action (boom, buzz, etc)

Question 29

Repetition

Answer 29

intentional use of the same word, phrases, lines, stanzas, etc

Question 30

Slant Rhyme

Answer 30

rhyming that isn't perfect

Question 31

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 31

a poet's deliberate pattern of rhyme

Question 32

Rhythm

Answer 32

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; a sense of beat/flow