English 10 Poetry Terms

What is a metaphor?

A comparison between two things without using words such as "like" or "as."

The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity.

The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity.

What is a hyperbole?

An over-exaggeration.

An under-exaggeration.

A statement that seems to contradict itself.

What is onomatopoeia?

A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described.

An exact rhyme (rather than rhyming vowel sounds, as with assonance) within a line of poetry

The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, unified by rhythm, rhyme, and topic.

What is personification?

Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.

An ancient english type of writing.

Usually used to describe the level of formality that a speaker uses.

What is a rhyme?

The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.

Repeated word or series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad.

Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.

What is a sonnet?

A rhyming poem only used to offend others.

A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.

A poem written by someone of importance.

What is a simile?

Comparing two things using words such as "like" or "as."

Comparing two things without using words such as "like or "as."

A way to express yourself with writing.

What is an oxymoron?

Two words with similar meanings.

Two words with opposite meanings.

A statement that seems to contradict itself.

What is a paradox?

A form of irony when something is underrepresented.

A statement that seems to contradict itself.

Creating vivid mental pictures that appeal to the senses and emotions.

What is imagery?

Creating vivid mental pictures that appeal to the senses and emotions.

The author's attitude toward his/her subject or reader.

Using words to express the exact opposite of their meaning.

What is irony?

Using word/gesture/symbol to represent something else.

Using words to express the exact opposite of their meaning.

A statement that seems to contradict itself.

What is a stanza?

A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.

A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.

A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.

What is a pun?

A play on words in which a word or phrase can be taken to mean more than one thing.

A funny joke.

A way to write a song.

What is an acrostic poem?

A rhyming scheme used in sonnets.

Poem where the first letter of each line spells out a significant word.

Poetic inspiration.

What is assonance?

The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.

Comparing two things using words such as "like" or "as."

A rhyming scheme used when describing nature.

English 10 Poetry Terms

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