Statistics for BC English 12 Provincial Exam Poetry Terms

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Definition	Term	% Correct
A direct comparison using "like" or "as"	Simile	85%
Poetry that has no regular meter or line length	Free Verse	81%
A poem of 14 lines	Sonnet	76%
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	Alliteration	75%
Typical Shakespearean rhythmic meter	Iambic Pentameter	72%
Traditional short narrative verse form, originally sung, which tells a story	Ballad	71%
A poetic "paragraph", named after the number of lines it contains	Stanza	69%
An extended narrative poem, often exalted or heroic in theme	Epic	68%
When inanimate objects are given human-like qualities or characteristics	Personification	68%
Usually an inscription on a tombstone, but also a name for any poem written about someone who had died	Epitaph	64%
A 6-line stanza	Sestet	64%
2 rhyming lines of verse (AA) with the same number of beats (meter)	Couplet	63%
A long, serious and dignified lyric poem, often written "to" someone or something	Ode	63%
A direct comparison of one thing with another	Metaphor	61%
The repetition of vowel sounds within words	Assonance	57%
A 4-line stanza	Quatrain	57%
An 8-line stanza	Octave	56%
The repetition of similar or duplicate sounds at regular intervals, usually at the end of a line of poetry	Rhyme	55%
A formal lament over the death of a particular person	Elegy	53%
The sense of movement given by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	Rhythm	52%
Type of literature that deals with rural or country life	Pastoral	51%
Words which sound like their meanings	Onomatopoeia	48%
Discordant or harsh sounds which are introduced for poetic effect	Cacophony	47%
Refers to the number of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry	Meter	47%
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter	Blank Verse	40%
The repeating of a particular element in a work for deliberate effect	Repitition	39%
A short poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker; originally, a poem sung to accompany a lyre, or early harp	Lyric	36%
A line or lines repeated throughout a poem, usually at the end of each stanza	Refrain	31%
The particular arrangement of rhymes in a poem, stated as an alphabetical sequence where the letters correspond to a particular rhyme	Rhyme Scheme	29%
Close repetition of consonant sounds before and after different vowels	Consonance	28%
The juxtaposition of harsh or jarring sounds in a written work - see Cacophony	Dissonance	28%
A short witty statement or poem	Epigram	24%
A rhyme scheme that takes place in the middle of words or phrases, instead of at the end	Internal Rhyme	24%
Form of poetry addressed to a person absent or deceased, or to some inanimate object or entity	Apostrophe	16%
The particular pattern in a type of poetry	Form	13%
A quatrain consisting of alternation 4- and then 3-stress lines	Ballad Stanza	4%