This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
Ex: If this were a poem,
this would be
an example of the technique.
What is enjambment?
100
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."
What is alliteration?
100
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
The author of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and many sonnets.
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
The author's specific word choice.
What is diction?
200
This type of poetry does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
What is free verse?
200
The attitude the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character.
What is tone?
200
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
What is an allusion?
200
Who is a famous female, American author that wrote, "I'm nobody! Who are you?" and lived in seclusion most of her life.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the ______ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.
What is rhythm?
300
This is the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
What is meter?
300
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex. "Ivan will try to light the fire."
What is assonance?
300
The reader's emotions or reaction towards the poem.
What is mood?
300
This man wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay" which was featured in "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton.
Who is Robert Frost?
300
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
What is a theme?
400
This is a single line of poetry.
What is a verse?
400
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connection words, such as "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
400
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex. A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm.
What is consonance?
400
This man wrote "The Raven" and "Annabelle Lee" -- arguably two of his most famous poems.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
400
The narrative voice in a poem that tells of his or her situation or feelings. It is NOT always the poet.
Who is the speaker?
500
This is a unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
What is a stanza?
500
A word that sounds like what it means. Ex. buzz, click, bang, sizzle, etc.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
What is a symbol?
500
This man wrote a lot about nature and wrote "Leaves of Grass," "Song of Myself," and "O Captain! My Captain!" -- the last of which was featured in "The Dead Poets Society" with Robin Williams.
Who is Walt Whitman?
500
A 14 line lyric poem that has a set form and rhyme scheme. Shakespeare was famous for them.