Poetry test

Alliteration

the repetition of the initial vowel or consonant sound in three or more words.

Repetition

is the repeating of sounds, words, or phrases in a way that adds to the musical quality of poetry.

Onomatopoeia

represents a word which suggests its meaning by its sound.

Rhyme

the repetition of the final sound of two or more words.

Exact rhyme

indicates identical consonant or vowel sounds at the ends of words

Near rhyme

indicates the similarity of sounds at the ends of words

internal rhyme

indicates that two or more words rhyme within one line of verse.

End rhyme

indicates rhyme that comes at the end of a line of poetry.

Rhyme scheme

the labeling of the pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem.

Imagery

the representation, through language, of a sense experience.

visual

sight

Aural or Auditory

hearing, sound

olfactory

smell

tactile

touch

oral or gustatory

taste

Symbol

something that means more than what is said.

Metaphor

a comparison between two things that are essentially unlike.

Simile

a comparison between two things, using the words as, like, or than.

Personification

a giving of human or life-like qualities to something non-human.

Paradox

a contradiction of meaning.

Oxymoron

two successive words which contradict one another.

Hyperbole

an exaggeration used for special effect.

Understatement

is saying less than one means.

Allusion

a direct or indirect reference to something outside the work.

Apostrophe

an address to something that is not ordinarily spoken to.

Pun

a play on words.

Epic

a long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of one or more legendary heroes in grand ceremonious style

Ballad

story told in song, usually a story derived from a tragic incident in local history or legend

Sonnet

a 14-lined, iambic-pentameter poem

Ode

a philosophical, meditative poem

Blank verse

unrhymed form used by Shakespeare in his plays

Free verse

has irregular line length, no rhyme, and no regular meter

Stanza

a defined group of verse lines, which may be united by a regular pattern of rhyme

Couplet

a two-line stanza

Tercet or triplet

a three-line stanza

quatrain

a four-line stanza

Cinquian

a five-line stanza

Sestet

a six-line stanza

Septet

a seven-line stanza

Octave

an eight-line stanza

Poetry

language that is sung, chanted, spoken, or written according to some recurrence that emphasizes the relationship of words according to sound as well as meaning. Rhyme is not a requirement for poetry.

Prose

the form of written language or everyday speech. It is not organized according to formal patterns of verse.