English poetry test

lyric

a short poem with one speaker who expresses personal thoughts and feelings

concrete peom

a poem arranged to create a visual effect

dramatic monologue

 a narrative poem which a single speaker is saying something to a silent audience

free verse

a poem that has no rhyme scheme

what is a quatrain

a four line section of a poem

what is a refrain

its usually known as “chorus” (a recurring line or lines) repeated at regular intervals

what is a stanza

a group of lines in a poem divided off from the others

what ia a ceasura

a pause in a line which may or may not be punctuated

what is enjambment

when one line in a poem is "run on" to the next by an absence of any punctuation at the end of the first line.

couplet

two sets of consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

allusion

a reference that the reader already knows

what are the 6 types of imagery

visual - to see

olfactory - to smell

auditory/aural - to hear

tactile - to touch/feel

oraganic - related to organs

gustatory - to taste

symbol

a person, object or thing that represents/stands for something else

what is a rhythm

the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables

what is a rhyme/end rhyme

the repetition of sounds at the end of the lines of poem

whats a half rhyme

rhyming of the first and last consonants, with a different vowel sound in the middle:

whats an internal rhyme

rhyme within the same line of poetry

what is an off rhyme

a rhyme that is not full and perfect but contains echoes of parts of words

whats an eye rhyme

words that look as though they would rhyme but they don’t

what is assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

what is consonance

repetition of consonant sounds

what is alliteration

repetition of the beginnning of consonant sounds

what is a cacophony

a combination of harsh, unpleasant sounds

what is euphony

a combination of soothing, pleasant sounds

what is an anaphora

the repetition of an initial word or phrase

what is ambiguity

a situation in which more than one meaning or interpretation is possible

what is antithesis

contrasting or combining two terms, phrases, or clauses with opposite meanings

what is colloquial?

ordinary everyday language and speech

what is connotation

 the implied meaning for a word or phrase

what is denotation

the dictionary meaning for a word or phrase

what is diction

the author’s choice of words

what is an irony

 the opposite of what is meant or what is expected

what is oxymoron

a combination of two contrasting words

what is synthax

 the actual way in which words and sentences are placed together in the writing.