Poetry Vocab
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- Q1What is Consonance?The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex: A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm.A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is like a battlefield. The author’s specific word choice.30s
- Q2A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.BalladDictionAllusionFree Verse30s
- Q3What is a Ballad?The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”A story/narrative in poetic form.The author’s specific word choice.A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is like a battlefield.30s
- Q4What is a Theme?A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is a battlefield.The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.30s
- Q5This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line. Ex: If this were a poem, this would be an example of the technique.MetaphorMeterEnjambmentFree Verse30s
- Q6The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”RhythmAssonanceMetaphorTone30s
- Q7A word that sounds like what it means. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzleOnomatopoeiaFree VerseVerseTone30s
- Q8The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.BalladMeterToneDiction30s
- Q9The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.RhythmMetaphorEnjambmentFree Verse30s
- Q10A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.StanzaThemeToneSymbol30s
- Q11A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.ConsonanceBalladAllusionAssonance30s
- Q12The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.OnomatopoeiaEnjambmentMeterDiction30s
- Q13Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.ConsonanceFree VerseDictionBallad30s
- Q14What is a simile?Ex: Love is like a battlefield. The author’s specific word choice.A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”A story/narrative in poetic form.The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”30s
- Q15What is a symbol?The author’s specific word choice.A story/narrative in poetic form.A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.” Ex: Love is like a battlefield.An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.30s