Poetry Terminology

What is a simile?

• saying it is not real

• the opposite of something

• saying something is different

• comparing two things saying something is 'like' something else

What is enjambment?

• where one line is close to another

• where the structure of a poem is unusual

• when one line runs on from another in a poem

• a full stop at the end of a line

Why might enjambment be used in a poem? Choose 2.

• to create fluidity in a poem

• to change an idea from one line to the next

• to make it rhyme

• to make something obvious

What is anaphora?

• repeating a sound

• repeating a letter

• repeating a sequence of words/phrases

What is assonance?

• repetition of a word

• repetition of a phrase

• repetition of a simile

• repetition of a vowel sound

What can we discuss for structure? Choose 3.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• alliteration

• enjambment

What does tone mean?

• repeating a word

• how the feelings are revealed eg simile

• what the poet thinks

• the emotions/feelings in the poem

The beat of a poem (or song) is called the .....

• figurative language

• rhythm

• stanza

on the roof so

Down and brown are an example of....

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

• near rhyme

"I cannot go to school

said little Peggy Ann

Today and McKay is an example of .....

• internal rhyme

• near rhyme

• end rhyme