AQA A-Level English Literature. Poetry
Terminology.
Refrain - correct answer A repeated line/phrase that recurs at regular intervals.
Trimeter - correct answer A line with 3 feet/ stresses.
Syntax Inversion - correct answer Deliberate alteration of the structure of words in a sentence.
Masculine Rhyme - correct answer Rhyme where only the last syllable is accented (monosyllabic). E.g.
"dead, fled"
Dramatic Monologue - correct answer A poem in which an imagines speaker addresses a silent listener,
someone who is not there.
Shakespearean Sonnet - correct answer Condenses 14-lines into one stanza of 3 quatrains and a
concluding couplet, with a rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG.
Consonance - correct answer Repetition of 2 or more constant sounds within a line.
Apostrophe - correct answer An address to a person or personified object not present.
Pentameter - correct answer A line with 5 feet/ stresses.
Hyperbole - correct answer A gross exaggeration for effect/ overstatement.
Euphony - correct answer Harmonious sounds.
Conceit - correct answer An extended metaphor comparing 2 unlike objects for powerful effect.
Trochee - correct answer A stressed-unstressed syllable.
Terminology.
Refrain - correct answer A repeated line/phrase that recurs at regular intervals.
Trimeter - correct answer A line with 3 feet/ stresses.
Syntax Inversion - correct answer Deliberate alteration of the structure of words in a sentence.
Masculine Rhyme - correct answer Rhyme where only the last syllable is accented (monosyllabic). E.g.
"dead, fled"
Dramatic Monologue - correct answer A poem in which an imagines speaker addresses a silent listener,
someone who is not there.
Shakespearean Sonnet - correct answer Condenses 14-lines into one stanza of 3 quatrains and a
concluding couplet, with a rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG.
Consonance - correct answer Repetition of 2 or more constant sounds within a line.
Apostrophe - correct answer An address to a person or personified object not present.
Pentameter - correct answer A line with 5 feet/ stresses.
Hyperbole - correct answer A gross exaggeration for effect/ overstatement.
Euphony - correct answer Harmonious sounds.
Conceit - correct answer An extended metaphor comparing 2 unlike objects for powerful effect.
Trochee - correct answer A stressed-unstressed syllable.
