Poetry terms including sonnets

What is anaphora?

• Repetition at the end of a line

• Repetition at the start of a line

• Repetition of a vowel sound

• Repetition of a consonant sund

What is assonance?

• Repetition of vowel sounds

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• Repetition of vowel sounds inside words

• Repetition of homophones

What is an apostrophe in poetry?

• The abbreviation of a word

• A word such as 'ah' used to address an object

• A word that has no meaning

• A single syllable word

What is dissonance?

• Sounds that are harmonious

• Sounds that clash

• Sounds that have a 'd' sound

• Any irregular rhyme scheme

What are plosives?

• Words that contain a soft sound

• Words that contain a hard 'p', 'd' or 'k' sound

• Single syllable words

• Another term for onomatopoeia

What is blank verse

• Any poem that has no structure

• Any poem written in iambic pentameters

• A poem written in iambic pentameters that does not rhyme

• A poem with a rhyme scheme that changes after each stanza

What is free verse?

• A poem that has no stanzas

• A poem that does not rhyme

• A poem that has no apparent structure

• A poem that does not use capital letters

The structure of a Shakespearean sonnet: reorder the following

• octave

• rhyming couplet

• sestet

What is the purpose of the octave in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• To make a statement

• To raise a question for the reader

• To answer a question

Sonnets are usually poems

• about love

• addressed to an individual

• Involve reflection

• Always end with a rhyming couplet