English 9 Unit: Poetry

Question 0

Poetry that uses techniques of drama, specifically dialog

Answer 0

Dramatic

Question 1

A type of poem in which the first letter of each line spells something

Answer 1

Acrostic

Question 2

Poetry that has shape

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Concrete

Question 3

Poetry that tells of heroes; a long naritave poem

Answer 3

Epic

Question 4

Poetry that expresses thoughts, observations or feelings of a single speaker

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Lyric

Question 5

Poetry that tells a story

Answer 5

Narrative

Question 6

14 lines of iambic pentameter

Answer 6

Sonnet

Question 7

A sonnet organized by 3 quatrains and a couplet usually with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

Answer 7

English/Shakespearean

Question 8

A sonnet organized by octave followed by a sestet usually with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde

Answer 8

Italian/Petrarchan

Question 9

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 9

Alliteration

Question 10

A type of reference

Answer 10

Allusion

Question 11

Word choice

Answer 11

Diction

Question 12

Poetry without rhyme or meter

Answer 12

Free verse

Question 13

A word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning

Answer 13

Homophone

Question 14

A figure of speech that contains an implied comparison, it does not is “like” or “as”

Answer 14

Metaphor

Question 15

A metaphor that continues to be developed throughout a literary work such as an entire story of poem

Answer 15

Extended Metaphor

Question 16

Regular rhythmic pattern; the “ beat “ of a poem

Answer 16

Meter

Question 17

Giving human characteristics to something not human

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Personification

Question 18

A blend of two words and their meanings

Answer 18

Portmanteau

Question 19

A comparison using like or as

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Simile

Question 20

A formal division of lines in a poem

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Stanza

Question 21

The act of marking a poem’s meter

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Scansion

Question 22

Words rhyme at the ends of lines of poetry

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End

Question 23

Words rhyme within the same line of poetry

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Internal

Question 24

Words are not exact rhyme but a close match

Answer 24

Approximate

Question 25

The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

Answer 25

Rhyme scheme

Question 26

A stanza of eight lines

Answer 26

Octave

Question 27

A stanza of six lines of poetry

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Sestet

Question 28

A stanza of four lines

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Quatrain

Question 29

A set of two lines of poetry that usually rhymes

Answer 29

Couplet

Question 30

The point at which a poems tone changes

Answer 30

Turn

Question 31

Writing with meter; a line of poetry

Answer 31

Verse

Question 32

To put side by side for the purpose of comparison

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Juxtapose

Question 33

Paleness

Answer 33

Pallor

Question 34

Curled around

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Weathered

Question 35

Twisting; turning

Answer 35

Writhing

Question 36

Noisy commotion

Answer 36

Tumult

Question 37

Strange; unusual

Answer 37

Quaint

Question 38

Tricking; charming

Answer 38

Beguiling

Question 39

Rest; relief

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Respite

Question 40

Deserted

Answer 40

Desolate

Question 41

Pale

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Pallid

Question 42

Made a jolly, chuckling sound

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Chortled

Question 43

Put off until a future time

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Deferred

Question 44

Form of pus

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Fester

Question 45

Based on legends, stories handed down from on generation to the next

Answer 45

Legendary

Question 46

Great sorrows

Answer 46

Woes