sounds that do not rhyme, but the words LOOK as though they would (for example, temperate/date)
What is eye rhyme
100
the basic unit of measure in a line of poetry
What is foot
100
poem whose main purpose is to tell a story
What is narrative poem
100
repetition of identical vowel sounds preceded and followed by differing consonant sounds (For example, Dead in the middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled two middle men who didn't do diddily.)
What is assonance
100
unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is blank verse
200
the rhyming of words at the end of a line
What is end rhyme
200
one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (For example, Of hand, | of foot, | of lip, | of eye, | of brow)
What is iambic pentameter
200
lyric poem that is long, elaborate, and often on a lofty theme
What is ode
200
Pop! Zoom!
These are examples of...
What is onomatopoeia
200
"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain." This phrase from Catcher in the Rye is an example of...
What is understatement
300
final consonant sounds of the words are identical; the stressed vowel sounds, as well as the initial consonant sounds, if any, differ. (For example, apple/people)
What is half rhyme
300
two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable (For example, seventeen)
What is anapest
300
single character speaking at a critical moment, usually addressing another character who remains silent
What is dramatic monologue
300
"To trust those tables that receive thee more" is an example of....
What is consonance
300
an address to a person or thing not literally listening
What is apostrophe
400
final syllables are stressed and, after their differing initial consonant sounds, are identical in sound (For example, disdain/complain)
What is masculine rhyme
400
two stressed syllables (For example, heartbreak)
What is spondee
400
"Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear,/Compels me to disturb your season due:/For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,/Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer"-"Lycidas" by John Milton
Milton's passage is an example of this type of poem
What is elegy
400
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping" is an example of...
What is internal rhyme
400
8 lines (octave): abba abba
6 lines (sestet): cd cd cd
What is Italian Sonnet
500
stress rhyming syllabes are followed by identical unstressed syllables (For example, grumbling/rumbling)
What is feminine rhyme
500
one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (For example, hardest)
What is trochee
500
Trochee trips from long to short.
From long to long in solemn sort.
Slow Spondee stalks, strong foot!, yea ill-able.
Ever to keep up with Dactyl's trisyllable.
Iambics march from short to long,
With a leap and a bound the swift Anapests throng.
This poem to help students memorize poetic feet is an example of....
What is didactic poetry
500
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
This poem is an example of what type of rhyme?