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What is rhyme?
 
Endings of words that sound alike
 
Words that represent sounds
 
Repetition of vowel sounds
 
The beat or timing of a poem
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 8 feet
Octameter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 7 feet
Heptameter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 6 feet
Hexameter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 5 feet
Pentameter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 4 feet
Tetrameter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 3 feet
Trimeter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 2 feet
Dimeter
Identify the correct name for the following metrical length: 1 foot
Monometer
What is the stress pattern for a cretic?
/ + U + /
What is the stress pattern for an amphibrach?
U + / + U
What is the stress pattern for an dactyl?
/ + U + U
What is the stress pattern for an anapest?
U + U + /
What is the stress pattern for an spondee?
/ + /
What is the stress pattern for a trochee?
/ + U
What is the stress pattern for an iamb?
U + /
Why can it be helpful to identify the stanza structure of a poem during analysis?
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What is a stanza with 8 lines called?
Octave
What is a stanza with 7 lines called?
Septet
What is a stanza with 6 lines called?
Sestet
What is a stanza with 5 lines called?
Quintet
What is a stanza with 4 lines called?
Quatrain
What is a stanza with 3 lines called?
Tercet
What is a stanza with 2 lines called?
Couplet
Define: enjambment
When a sentence runs from one line to the next without any sort of punctuation.
Define: Poetic feet
A term that describes specific arrangements of stressed and unstressed syllables within lines of poetry.
Define: end-stopped
A line that ends with closing punctuation
Define: caesura
Full or hard stop (typically) located towards the middle of a line
Define: stanza
the "paragraph of a poem"
What is a rhyme scheme?
 
A letter code given to the pattern of rhymes in a stanza
 
Two or more words that start with the same consonant sound
 
A type of poetry
 
Never heard of that before, therefore it does not exist
What is slant rhyme?
 
Rhyming words that are imperfect, but close
 
Words that don't rhyme
 
Poems with inherent bias
 
Poems that are easily knocked over
What is assonance?
 
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
 
Endings of words that sound alike
 
A great, emphasized exaggeration
 
Repetition of consonant sounds within words
What is repetition?
 
Using words more than once in a sentence/stanza
 
Repetition of vowel sounds
 
The beat/timing of the poem
 
Compares different things using "like" or "as"
What is onomatopoeia?
 
Words that imitate/suggest the sound of what they describe
 
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
 
Refers to a well-known person, event, or literary work
 
Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is alliteration?
 
When two or more words in a group begin with the same letter
 
The central or dominating idea
 
The feelings a reader gets from the story
 
The sequence of events in a story
What is consonance?
 
Repetition of consonant sounds within words
 
Repetition of the "s" sound
 
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
 
Repetition of an idea
Which of the following lines best demonstrates consonance?
 
He struck a streak of bad luck
 
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain
 
The early bird catches the worm
 
She sells seashells down by the seashore
Identify the line that best demonstrates assonance.
 
I made my way to the lake to take a break
 
The cat ate the rat
 
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
 
Bouncing into the room, the puppy's energy was infectious
Select the sentence that best demonstrates alliteration.
 
Seven snakes slid silently to the sea
 
The light of the moon lit the night.
 
I must insist on silence while studying
 
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Select the sentence that best demonstrates onomatopoeia
 
With a crash, the waves hit the shore
 
The leaves danced in the wind
 
She was brave as a lion
 
Love is like a red, red rose
Select the sentence that best demonstrates both consonance and assonance.
 
Misty mornings, silent nights
 
The early bird catches the worm
 
A rolling stone gathers no moss
 
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Select the sentence that best demonstrates both alliteration and repetition.
 
Wild winds whip around, whispering words, whispering words
 
The starts shone brightly, lighting the way home
 
She was lost in a sea of nameless faces
 
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
What is figurative language?
Language with additional layers of meaning
What is a metaphor?
 
Implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things.
 
Comparing one thing to something else using "like" or "as"
 
A comparison between two things to highlight similarities
 
Exaggerated statement to emphasize an idea or point
What is a simile?
 
Compares one thing to another using "like" or "as"
 
Compares apples to oranges
 
Implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things
 
Comparing the smiles of those around you.
What is a hyperbole?
 
Exaggerated statement to emphasize an idea or point
 
Play on words
 
A seemingly contradictory statement
 
A part is used to represent the whole, or vice versa
What is personification?
 
Giving inanimate objects animated traits/qualities
 
Objectifying a person
 
Creating a person through the process of purification
 
Giving animate animated objects inanimate traits/qualities
What is alliteration?
 
Repetition of the same letter/sound at the start of words
 
Repetition of the same letter/sound at the end of words
 
Taking things to literally
 
Explaining something using literal language
What is allusion?
 
A brief reference to a person, place, or thing
 
A direct quote from a text
 
A comparison between two things that are similar
 
An intricate reference to another writer's work
Written poetry that doesn't use any fixed poetic forms
 
Free verse
 
Rhyme scheme
 
Haiku
 
Lyric
A fourteen-line poem; the most common forms are Shakespearean and Italian
 
Sonnet
 
Ballad
 
Villanelle
 
Narrative
What line could be the second line of a haiku?
 
Puppies are very cuddly
 
Soft and cuddly
 
I cuddled my puppy
 
Smooth, soft, cuddly pup
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