Poetry Vocab

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of the first constant in a group of words

Question 2

The repetition of the first constant in a group of words

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

Bah bah black sheep, distant deeps, cloudless climbs, and starry skies

Answer 3

Alliteration

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

The repetition of vowel sounds in group of words

Question 5

The repetition of vowel sounds in group of words

Answer 5

Assonance

Question 6

“A land laid waste with all its young man’s slain.”

Answer 6

Assonance

Question 7

“The Sargent asked to bomb the lawn with hot pots”

Answer 7

Assonance

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

Words that sounds what they mean

Question 9

Words that sounds what they mean

Answer 9

Onomatopoeia

Question 10

“Buzz” “Pop” “Honk”

Answer 10

Onomatopoeia

Question 11

Allusion

Answer 11

A reference to a statement, person, place, or an event

Question 12

A reference to a statement, person, place, or an event

Answer 12

Allusion

Question 13

“Dead Mal, Marcus, Martin King”

Answer 13

Allusion

Question 14

Internal Rhyme

Answer 14

Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end

Question 15

Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end

Answer 15

Internal rhyme

Question 16

“Standing brave in secret caves”

Answer 16

Internal rhymes

Question 17

Free verse

Answer 17

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme meter

Question 18

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme meter

Answer 18

Free verse

Question 19

Haiku

Answer 19

Japanese verses: 5-7-5 syllable lines presents images from life and nature has a seasonal word/symbol

Question 20

Japanese verses: 5-7-5 syllable lines presents images from life and nature has a seasonal word/symbol

Answer 20

Haiku

Question 21

Sonnet

Answer 21

14 lines; regular rhyme pattern; usually has iambic pentameter, Italian petrarchon or English Shakespearean

Question 22

14 lines; regular rhyme pattern; usually has iambic pentameter, Italian petrarchon or English Shakespearean

Answer 22

Sonnet

Question 23

Lyric

Answer 23

Poetry that does not have a story but aims for the expression of the speaker’s emotions

Question 24

Ode

Answer 24

A lyric poem in form of an addresses to a particular subject, often evaluated in a style or manners and written in irregular meter

Question 25

A lyric poem in form of an addresses to a particular subject, often evaluated in a style or manners and written in irregular meter

Answer 25

Ode

Question 26

Ballad

Answer 26

A song or poem that tells a story. Includes rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.

Question 27

A song or poem that tells a story. Includes rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.

Answer 27

Ballad

Question 28

Meter

Answer 28

Stress and unstressed pattern of the syllables

Question 29

Stress and unstressed pattern of the syllables

Answer 29

Meter

Question 30

Direct metaphor

Answer 30

A comparison of two unlike things

Question 31

A comparison of two unlike things

Answer 31

Direct metaphor

Question 32

Implied metaphor

Answer 32

A suggested comparison that is not directly stated

Question 33

A suggested comparison that is not directly stated

Answer 33

Implied metaphor

Question 34

Extended metaphor

Answer 34

A comparison developed over stertal lines of writing

Question 35

A comparison developed over stertal lines of writing

Answer 35

Extended metaphor

Question 36

Connotation

Answer 36

An idea of feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal primary meaning (its denotation)

Question 37

An idea of feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal primary meaning (its denotation)

Answer 37

Connotation

Question 38

I ate a moist sandwich

Answer 38

Connotation