English 11 Intro to Poetry Vocabulary

What is the definition of Alliteration?

• The repetition of similar consonant sounds.

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely positioned words or syllables.

• A reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.

• The dictionary definition of a word.

What does the term 'Blank Verse' refer to?

• Rhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.

• Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.

• Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

• The continuation of a sentence or clause across one poetic line break.

Which of the following best describes 'Connotation'?

• The dictionary definition of a word.

• The choice of words and style of expression that an author makes.

• The implied or suggested meaning associated with a word or phrase.

• Two lines of verse, rhymed or unrhymed.

What is 'Enjambment' in poetry?

• A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.

• Exaggeration for emphasis.

• The continuation of a sentence or clause across one poetic line break.

• Language in a poem representing a sensory experience.

What literary device is described as 'a device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge'?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Internal rhyme

• Irony

What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using like or as

• The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a line of verse

• A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

What does onomatopoeia refer to?

• The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human

• A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes

• The use of language that sounds like the thing or action it describes

• A strong, regular, repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

What is personification?

• Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

• A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem

• The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human

What is the definition of a quatrain?

• A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem

• A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes

• The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a line of verse

What is a sonnet?

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

• A unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or phrase

• A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

• A literary device that conveys the author's attitude toward the subject, speaker, or audience of a poem