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Back Restart

This is the recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables to make a beat.

Meter

This is a unit of words with the opposite meaning (pretty ugly or jumbo shrimp).

Oxymoron

Which poem has a syllable count of 5, 7, 5 for its three lines?

The Haiku

How many lines are in a Rondeau?

15

This the repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Alliteration

Which poetic style has no set rhyme scheme or pattern?

Free Verse

What is the name of the main villain in The Little Mermaid?

Ursula

These are words that make sound (Pow! Zap! Boom!)

Onomatopoeia

Which famous playwright is also known for his sonnets?

Williams Shakespeare

What is the capital of Alabama?

Montgomery

Which poem has five lines with a rhyme scheme of AABBA?

Limerick

What do we call two succeeding lines that have the same rhyme?

A Couplet

Which country did the Rondeau originate from?

France

How many different rhyming sounds are used in a Rondeau?

3

Which poem has 14 lines and is written in iambic pentameter?

The Sonnet

This is the name of Daredevil's alter ego.

Matt Murdock

This is a comparison or analogy without using like or as

Metaphor

This is the term given for a group of words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses.

Imagery

This is a comparison using like or as

Simile

What is Iowa's state bird?

The Goldfinch

What was Kurt Cobain's job before he became Nirvana's frontman?

A Janitor

Which country did the Haiku originate from?

Japan

This is giving human qualities or characteristics to something abstract (fall’s icy hands)

Personification

This is the term for words made from the first letters or words (OPEC or NASA).

Acronym

Which poem, that we studied, ends in a rhyming couplet?

Sonnet

This is the grouping of two or more lines of a poem or song in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

Stanza