POETRY - Literary Terms

Question 1

Poetry that tells a story

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narrative, ballad

Question 2

A group of lines together in a poem, like sentences in a paragraph

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stanza

Question 3

Rhyme that occurs within the same line in a poem or song lyrics

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internal rhyme

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Words that imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

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Repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry.

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assonance

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Poetry with no regular rhyme, rhythm or line length

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free verse

Question 7

Written and spoken language that is not poetry: sentences, paragraphs, stories, chapters, etc.

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prose

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Extreme exaggeration usually for humorous effect

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hyperbole

Question 9

A genre of literature that expresses ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative, musical words

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poetry

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The sequence in which the rhyme occurs (first sound=a, second=b, etc)

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rhyme scheme

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A humorous play on meanings of the same word or on two different words with the same sound

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pun

Question 12

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

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rhythm

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A literary work in which the author ridicules the vices and follies of people to suggest change

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satire

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Language that goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create imagery

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Figurative Language

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A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics...

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personification

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Techniques used to create a sense of rhythm or to emphasize particular sounds in writing.

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sound devices

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The repetition of identical or similar sounds in words

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rhyme

Question 18

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words, as in tongue twisters

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alliteration

Question 19

Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates rhythm in poetry...

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meter

Question 20

Feeling a reader gets from a piece of literature due to the atmosphere created by the writer...

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mood

Question 21

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses: sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell

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imagery

Question 22

A phrase or expression whose meaning is different from what the words say literally.

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idiom

Question 23

Ideas and feelings that are associated with a word .....

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Connotation

Question 24

Stanza made up of FOUR lines. Most common type of stanza in poetry. abab or abba rhyme scheme.

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quatrain

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Technique where the same word/phrase is repeated for emphasis/unity or to reinforce meaning..

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repetition

Question 26

Two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme

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Couplet

Question 27

Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings

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Lyric

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A person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond else.

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symbol

Question 29

A blank line that signals that one stanza has ended and a new stanza is beginning.

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Stanza break

Question 30

Two lines of poetry that go together, usually rhyming and expresses a complete thought.

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couplet

Question 31

Japanese nature poem, three lines in length; 17 syllables, 5-7-5

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Haiku

Question 32

A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance (ie. dry and died)

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slant rhyme

Question 33

The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"

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simile

Question 34

A poem that is shaped to represent its subject

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Concrete Poem

Question 35

the pattern in which the last words in lines of poetry rhyme

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end rhyme scheme

Question 36

Stanza or line that is repeated throughout the poem...

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refrain

Question 37

A poem set to music; it tells a story and often has dialogue

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Ballad

Question 38

Direct comparison between two unlike things (does NOT use the words like or as..)

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metaphor

Question 39

Something that has meaning in itself but also represents something else

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symbol

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A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of lines in a poem.

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extended metaphor

POETRY - Literary Terms

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POETRY - Literary Terms

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