Figures of Speech

Question 1

Figure of speech which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. It is common in humorous poetry and can make a point in a light-hearted way. It can be used to poke fun at someone or something

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Hyperbole

Question 2

Consists of words and phrases that appeal to readers’ five senses. Writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound and taste

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Imagery

Question 3

A comparison of two things that have the sand quality in common. Unlike a simile, a ——– does NOT contain an explicit word of comparison, such as “like” or “as”.

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Metaphor

Question 4

A feeling that literary work conveys to readers. It is the prevailing emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work. The mood of a work is not always what might be expected based on its subject matter

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Mood

Question 5

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. The words band and hiss are examples of ———–

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Onomatopoeia

Question 6

The giving of a human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

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Personification

Question 7

A comparison of two things that have some quality in common; the comparison is expressed by means of a word such as “like”, “as”, or resembles

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Simile

Question 8

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Meter

Question 9

The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhythm

Question 10

Sounds used that are similar but not exactly the same; like fellow and hollow or cat and catch

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Approximate rhyme

Question 11

Sounds that are the same like napping and tapping or leopard or peppered

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Exact rhyme

Question 12

A repeated line or stanza

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Refrain

Question 13

A set of two consecutive rhyming lines

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Couplet

Question 14

A songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad one of betrayal, death or loss. They usually have a steady, regular rhythm, simple rhyme pattern and a refrain

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Ballad

Question 15

A long narrative poem about the many deeds of a great hero. The epic hero embodies important values pf the society he comes from

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Epic

Question 16

A poem that tells a story-a series of related events

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Narrative poem

Question 17

A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings of a speaker

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Lyric poem

Question 18

A long lyric poem, usually praising some subject, and written in dignified language

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Ode

Question 19

A fourteen-line lyric poem that follows strict rules of structure, meter and rhyme

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Sonnet

Question 20

A poem about death

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Elegy

Question 21

A grouping of two or more lines. A —— is comparable to a paragraph in prose. Each —— may have the same number of lines or the number of lines may vary

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Stanza

Question 22

A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words for emphasis and to give their writing a musical quality

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Alliteration