A line ending with any punctuation

An adjective describing one thing but referring to another

Using a part to refer to the whole

Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of clauses

When a sentence continues to a new line without punctuation

A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one

A poem dedicated to praising something

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End-Stopped Line
A line ending with a full stop
A line ending with any punctuation
A sentence ending with a full stop
A complete, single-line sentence
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Foot
A type of line
A body part
A type of stanza
A syllabic unit
3
Sonnet
A love poem in 10-syllable lines
A love poem split into an 8-line and a 6-line stanza
A love poem in 14 lines
A love poem in iambic pentameter
4
Transferred Epithet
A description that is repeated throughout a poem
When an offensive term is used
An adjective describing one thing but referring to another
When the same word is used with different meanings
5
Synecdoche
Using a part to refer to the whole
Giving an object a diminutive nickname
Referring to an object by a name commonly associated with it
Giving an inanimate object a human nam
6
Quatrain
A poem with four stanzas
An ABAB rhyme scheme
A four line stanza
A line of four metrical feet
7
Blank Verse
Poetry with rhyme but no meter
Poetry with meter but no rhyme
Poetry written without any rhyme or meter
Poetry with no rules or patterns at all
8
Caesura
A line ending without punctuation
A full stop at the end of a line
A pause in a line of poetry
A sudden line break
9
Anaphora
Repetition of letters across lines
Multiple sentences sharing an ending
Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of clauses
A circular poetic structure
10
Enjambment
A sentence in poetry that has no punctuation
A form of poetry that does not use any punctuation
A sentence split between two or more stanzas
When a sentence continues to a new line without punctuation
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Motif
A repeating structure
Why a character does something
A recurring image or idea
A pattern
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Repetition of ending letters
Repetition of consonant sounds
Repetition of starting letters
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Trochee
A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one
A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
An unstressed syllable followed by two stressed
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Ode
A poem dedicated to criticising something
A poem dedicated to mourning something
A poem dedicated to praising something
A poem dedicated to satirising something
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Consonance
Repetition of starting letters
Repetition of consonants
Repetition of vowels
Repetition of ending letters

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