Poetry Terms Test

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What is Internal Rhyme?

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A rhyme in which one or both of the rhyme words occur(s) within the line.

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What is Approximate Rhyme?

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A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes.

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What is Verse?

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Metrical language; the opposite of prose.

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What is a Sonnet?

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A sonnet rhyming ababcdcdefefgg, consisting of three coordinate quatrains and a concluding couplet.

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What is Consonance?

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The repetition at close intervals of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words.

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What is End Rhyme?

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A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

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What is Diction?

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

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What is Alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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What is Assonance?

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The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

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What is Free Verse?

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.