english test (poetry and the epic)

Question 1

poetry

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• major genre of literature characterized by imaginative language
• use meter, rhyme and imagery
• lines and stanzas

Question 2

traditional poems are divided into:

Answer 2

• narrative
• lyric
• dramatic

Question 3

dramatic poems

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• monologue and dialogue
• they often tell stories
• told from the perspective of a speaker who is NOT the poet

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narrative poems

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• tells a story
• it include characters, setting plot, and dialogue
• epic and ballads

Question 5

narrative poem
the epic

Answer 5

• long
• heroic acts of legendary figures and mythical gods.
• grand in style, length, and scope

Question 6

narrative poem
ballads

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• was meant to be sung or recited.
• short
• tell tales of love, loss, and adventure.

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lyric poem

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• musical type of poetry
• expresses the emotions of a speaker
• often contrasted with narrative poems
• sonnets, odes, and haiku.

Question 8

sonnet

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• fourteen-line poem
• usually in iambic pentameter
• follows one of a number of different rhyme schemes
• abab cdcd efef gg.

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elegiac/elegy

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• poem of mourning
• usually about someone who has died.

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imagery

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• consists of descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader
• appeals to the five senses
• figurative or descriptive language
• used to create word pictures, or images.

Question 11

lines

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unit in the structure of a poem

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stanzas

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group of lines in a poem

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stanzas

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group of lines in a poem

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speaker

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• character who speaks or narrates a poem
• the speaker and the writer in a poem are not necessarily the same person.

Question 15

monologue

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long speech made by one character who directly addresses the audience or another character

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dialogue

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• conversation between two or more people or characters.

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concrete poem (shape poem)

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• poem whose words are arranged on the page to reflect its content

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form

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organization of the parts of the poem

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structure

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the way in which lines are organize

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rhyme

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repetition of sounds at the ends of the words

Question 21

rhyme scheme

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• pattern of end rhymes
• at the ends of lines of verse
• is designated by letters with matching letters signifying matching sounds.

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end rhyme

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the use of rhyming words at the ends of lines

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internal rhyme

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the use of rhyming words within lines

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slant rhyme

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• rhyming sounds are similar but not identical

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meter

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• regular rhythmic pattern in a poem, such as the number of beats, or stresses in each line
• stressed and unstressed syllables are divided into feet.

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rhythm

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• pattern of stresses in a line of verse
• it can be regular or irregular

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figurative language

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• meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally
• language that conveys meanings beyond the literal meanings of words
• it helps readers see things in new ways

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metaphor

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• figure of speech in which one thing is written about as if it were another

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simile

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• a comparison of two seemingly unlike things
• like or as

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hyperbole

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• deliberate exaggeration made for effect

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personification

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type of figurative language in which an animal, thing, force of nature, or idea is described as if it were human

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understatement

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• an expression in which something of importance is emphasized by being spoken of as though it were not important
• “He’s sort of dead, I think.”

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sound devices

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• uses of words for their auditory effects
• can convey meaning and mood or can unify the text.

Question 34

repetition

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• intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence
• Writers often use repetition, to emphasize ideas or to create a musical effect.

Question 35

refrain

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• line or group of lines repeated in a poem or song

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alliteration

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• repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive or slightly separated words
• usually refers to sounds at the beginnings of words
• it can also be used to refer to sounds within words.

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assonance

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• repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds

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consonance

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repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words or accented syllables

Question 39

onomatopoeia

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use of words whose sounds echo their meanings