Literary Terms

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

same sounds for each word of a phrase

Question 2

anaphora

Answer 2

when many phrases often begin with the same words

Question 3

assonance (hint: vowelence)

Answer 3

the repetition of similar vocal sounds (in the middle)

Question 4

caesura

Answer 4

a pause of the beat in a rhythm of a verse or cadence

Question 5

consonance

Answer 5

the repetition of similar consonant sounds

Question 6

couplet

Answer 6

two line stanza; heroic

Question 7

end rhyme

Answer 7

when the last syllables in a verse rhyme

Question 8

epizeuxis

Answer 8

immediate and instant repetition for emphasis

Question 9

internal rhyme

Answer 9

a rhyme between internal phrases; dependent on phrase not verse

Question 10

motif

Answer 10

a reoccuring image, idea, or symbol

Question 11

onomatopoeia

Answer 11

comic book words that represent sound

Question 12

personification

Answer 12

giving nouns that are not human, human nature characteristics

Question 13

polysyndeton

Answer 13

what slows down the reader to draw emphasis; repetition of conjunctions

Question 14

quatrain

Answer 14

a four line stanza (that can have various rhymes)

Question 15

repetition

Answer 15

repeating things

Question 16

rhyme scheme

Answer 16

the pattern of rhymes in a poem or song

Question 17

sensory imagery

Answer 17

using descriptive language to appeal to the five senses

Question 18

sibilance

Answer 18

soft hissing sounds in poetry (specifically a repetition of it)

Question 19

stanza

Answer 19

a group of lines in a poem

Question 20

symbol

Answer 20

something in a story that represents another thing

Question 21

pun

Answer 21

a play on words humorously

Question 22

paradox

Answer 22

an oxymoron; two things that seem contradictory but aren’t