Poetry Test Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering all terms, concepts, sound devices, and rhyme techniques from the Poetry Test Review sheet.

Poetry Test Overview

Test scheduled for 10/1 (B) and 10/2 (A) totaling 45 points, covering matching terms, example writing, sound device identification, and poem scansion/analysis.

Couplets

A pair of lines of verse,

Scansion

a poem's meter and rhythm by marking stressed and unstressed syllables.

Quatrain

A stanza or poem consisting of four lines,

Tercet

A poetic stanza or unit of three lines.

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break

Foot / Iamb

A foot is a basic unit of poetic meter; an iamb is a specific foot

Syntax

The arrangement and ordering of words

Crossing the Bar

going into another bar during rap

Figurative Language

Phrasing or expressions used to convey meanings beyond the literal interpretation.

Hyperbole

extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

Iambic Pentameter

A line of poetry composed of ten syllables with alternating unstressed and stressed beats.

Tone/Mood

Tone is the author's attitude toward the subject; mood is the atmospheric feeling or emotional effect created for the reader.

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Meter

The measured pattern of beats in a line of poetry.

Personification

A figure of speech giving human attributes or traits to non-human things, animals, or ideas.

Poetry

A form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings or emotions.

Repetition

The purposeful reuse of words, phrases, lines, or sounds to emphasize a theme or idea.

Verse

A single line of poetry

Rhyme

The repetition of similar or identical sounds in two or more words,

Rhyme Scheme

The ordered pattern of rhymes (e.g., ABAB).

Simile

comparing using like or as

Stanza

A grouped set of lines within a poem, separated from other groups by a space.

Theme

The central idea, lesson, or underlying message expressed throughout a literary work.

Bar

A measure or structural unit in rhythm and meter

Holorime

entire line of poetry consists of words that sound phonetically identical to another line.

Alliteration

The repetition of consonent sounds

Consonance

The repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds in nearby words.

Assonance

the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words

Multisyllabic Rhyme

A rhyme containing two or more rhyming syllables.

Internal Rhyme

A rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse

End Rhyme

A rhyme that occurs in the final syllables or words at the end of poetic lines.

Sibilance

A literary device involving the repeated use of soft consonant sounds like 's', 'sh', or 'z' to create a hissing sound.