Poem quiz

Question 1

Connotation

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the implied or suggested meaning connected with a word

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denotation

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the dictionary meaning of a word

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literal meaning

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limited to the simplest, ordinary, most obvious meaning

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figurative meaning

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associative or connotative meaning

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imagery

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word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience

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meter

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describes the rhythm (or pattern of beats) in a line of poetry.

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Rhyme

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correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse

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tone

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the attitude or emotion conveyed by an author’s word choice and the way the text makes the reader feel

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apostrophe

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a direct address of an inanimate object, abstract qualities, or a person not living or present

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration for emphasis

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Litotes

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a deliberate understatement for effect

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metaphor

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a comparison between essentially unlike things, or the application of a name or description to something which it is not literally applicable

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metonymy

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replacing a word or phrase with a related word or phrase to refer to an idea or object

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oxymoron

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a combination of 2 words that appear to contradict each other

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Paradox

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a situation or phrase that appears to be contradictory, but which contains a truth worth considering

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personification

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the endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities

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pun

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play on words, or a humorous use of a single word or sound with two or more implied meanings

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simile

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comparison between 2 essentially unlike things using like or as

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alliteration

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the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginning of words

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allusion

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a reference to a person, event or work outside the poem or literary piece

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assonance

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the repetition of similar vowel sounds

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ellipsis

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the omission of words whose absence does not impede the reader’s ability to understand the expression

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elision

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the omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry

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enjambment

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a running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation.

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irony

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the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe

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refrain

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a phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza

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slant rhyme

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rhyme formed with words with similar but not wholly identical sounds

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symbol

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an object or action that stands for something beyond itself

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volta

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(in sonnet) the turn of thought or argument

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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closed

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poetic form subject to a fixed structure and pattern

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couplet

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a pair of lines, usually rhymed

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free verse

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lines with no prescribed pattern or structure

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quatrain

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four line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse

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stanza

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unit of poem often repeated in the same form throughout a poem, a unit of poetic lines