POETRY VOCABULARY WORDS #3
Alliteration - correct answer the beginning of two or more words in close connection with
the same letter, or rather the same sound
Allusion - correct answer an indirect or subtle reference to another character or work of
literature
Anapest - correct answer a foot with two weak stresses followed by one strong stess
Apostrophe - correct answer a direct address to an absent listener or to the reader
Assonance - correct answer the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a
passage
Blank verse - correct answer unrhymed iambic pentameter
Connotation - correct answer the positive or negative overtones of a word, as opposed
to its denotation
Consonance - correct answer the repetition of a pattern of consonants with changes in
the intervening vowels
Couplet - correct answer a two-line pair of rhymed iambic pentameter lines
Dactyl - correct answer a foot with one strong stress followed by two weak stresses
Denotation - correct answer the dictionary definition of a word
Diction - correct answer the choice of spoken or written language or levels of language,
such as harsh or soothing, or formal, informal, or colloquial
Dramatic monologue - correct answer a speech delivered to the audience or to another
character, in which the speak typically reveals his or her true feelings or character
Enjambment - correct answer in poetry, the running over of a line from one verse or
stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the line
Euphemism - correct answer the substitution of a pleasant or neutral word for an
unpleasant one, such as "passing away" for "dying"
Exaggeration/understatement - correct answer two complementary techniques used
either to overstate a point for emphasis or downplay a point, again often for emphasis
Alliteration - correct answer the beginning of two or more words in close connection with
the same letter, or rather the same sound
Allusion - correct answer an indirect or subtle reference to another character or work of
literature
Anapest - correct answer a foot with two weak stresses followed by one strong stess
Apostrophe - correct answer a direct address to an absent listener or to the reader
Assonance - correct answer the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a
passage
Blank verse - correct answer unrhymed iambic pentameter
Connotation - correct answer the positive or negative overtones of a word, as opposed
to its denotation
Consonance - correct answer the repetition of a pattern of consonants with changes in
the intervening vowels
Couplet - correct answer a two-line pair of rhymed iambic pentameter lines
Dactyl - correct answer a foot with one strong stress followed by two weak stresses
Denotation - correct answer the dictionary definition of a word
Diction - correct answer the choice of spoken or written language or levels of language,
such as harsh or soothing, or formal, informal, or colloquial
Dramatic monologue - correct answer a speech delivered to the audience or to another
character, in which the speak typically reveals his or her true feelings or character
Enjambment - correct answer in poetry, the running over of a line from one verse or
stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the line
Euphemism - correct answer the substitution of a pleasant or neutral word for an
unpleasant one, such as "passing away" for "dying"
Exaggeration/understatement - correct answer two complementary techniques used
either to overstate a point for emphasis or downplay a point, again often for emphasis
