Lesser known poetry terms

Match the following to their definitions

• The thought ends at the end of the line.

• Chiasmus

• Addressing an object, or absent person.

• Synecdoche

• When a part stands for the whole.

• Apostrophe

• Repetition in reverse order.

• Litotes

• Understatement/ Negating the opposite

• End-Stopped

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Match the following terms to their definitions

• Omission of an unstressed syllable

• Metonymy

• When a related term stands for the idea.

• Enjambment

• Repetition at the beginning of 2x lines

• Elision

• A pause within a line

• Caesura

• When the idea continues to the next line

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

My poetry class is not untalented.

This is an example of

• Syencdoche

• Enjambment

• Anaphora

• Litotes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Under the sea swim fishes

Under the sea lurk sharks

Under the sea speed starfish

This is an example of

• metonymy

• end-stopped

• chiasmus

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The pen is mightier than the sword.

• Metonymy

• Chiasmus

• Elision

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

What is this an example of?

• Elision

• Litotes

• Synecdoche

• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

That poor woman has so many mouths to feed. She spends all day in the kitchen.

• Synecdoche

• Chiasmus

• End-stopped

• Elision

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

• Litotes

• Chiasmus

• Enjambment

• Anaphora