english poetry quiz

repetition of same sound at beginning of words

alliteration

the Kucaj Kids Cooked Quesadillas in the Kitchen

alliteration

a reference to a historically or politically significant person or place or thing

allusion

“chocolate is my kryptonite”

allusion

when a speaker directly addresses a concept, person who is not present, or an inanimate object, as if it could understand

apostrophe

“o Romeo, Romeo wherefore art-thou Romeo?”

apostrophe

repetition of the same vowel sound in the middle/end of non-rhyming words in close proximity

assonance

Even after our guinea pigs sit in filth, my kids pick them up for cuddles

assonance

a strong pause or break between a line of verse creating a temporary stop in the rhythm

caesura

to err is human;to forgive, divine

caesura

repetition of identical consonant sounds at the end of non-rhyming words

consonance

jack and his tribe struck piggy with a rock a bleak moment in the book

consonance

a pair of consecutive lines that usually rhyme or share the same meter

couplet

Humpty sat on a wall/Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

couplet

a verse intended to be recited or performed, spoken by a character

dramatic poetry

the last syllables within a verse rhyme

end rhyme

humpty Dumpty sat on a WALL, humpty Dumpty had a great FALL

end rhyme

the continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end line of the stanza

Enjambment

“I think I shall never see/lovely as a tree''"

enjambment

language used in a non-literal way to create special effects of meanings

figurative language

the world is our stage

fig. language

doesn’t rhyme, has no rhythm

free verse

I celebrate and sing myself

free verse

extreme exaggeration used for emphases/effect

hyperbole

im so hungry, I could eat a horse

hyperbole

descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses

imagery

“golden sun scorched dry earth”

imagery

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line

internal rhyme

“once up a midnight DREARY, while pondered weak and WEARY”

internal rhyme

a short poem that expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a single speaker

lyric poetry

a comparison of 2 unlike things without using the words “likes” or “as”

metaphor

hope is a thing with feathers

metaphor

words that are phonetically intimate or suggest the sound that they describe

onomatopoeia

buzz, sizzle, bang

onomatopoeia

giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human or abstract ideas

personification

the wind whispers

personfication

phrase/group of lines repeated at intervals through a poem, often at the end of a stanza

refrain

the ordered patterns of rhymes at ends of lines of a poem/verse

rhyme scheme

roses are red, violets are blue…

rhyme scheme

14-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme, written in 1 iambic pentameter

sonnet

a group of lines within a poem, set off by a space

stanza

technique used to portray ideas or places in a way that appears to more than one sense at a time

synesthesia

the sound of her voice was sweet

synesthesia

attitude to subject or audience

tone