Poetic sound effects

Question 1

What is poetry?

Answer 1

a type of literature that expresses ideas and
feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
(usually using lines and stanzas)

Question 2

What are the 2 POVS?

Answer 2

Poet- writer/author
AND
speaker- the voice and feeling of the poet

Question 3

What are the 3 poetic forms?

Answer 3

FORM=appearance of words on page
LINE=group of words on one line
STANZA=group of lines together

Question 4

RHYTHM?

Answer 4

The beat created by the sounds of the
words in a poem.

Question 5

What is a meter?

Answer 5

-A pattern of stressed (strong) and unstressed (weak) syllables
-Each unit or part of the pattern is called a “foot”

Question 6

What are the different types of foots? (5)

Answer 6

Iambic - unstressed, stressed
Trochaic - stressed, unstressed
Anapestic - unstressed, unstressed, stressed
Dactylic - stressed, unstressed, unstressed
Spondic - stressed, stressed

Question 7

What is this?
Double, double toil and trouble;

Answer 7

Trochee (/,u): DOUble, DOUble TOIL and TROUBle;

Question 8

What is this?
‘Twas the Night before Christmas, when all through the house

Answer 8

Anapest (u,u,/): ‘Twas the NIGHT before CHRISTmas, when ALL through the HOUSE

Question 9

What is this?
Into the valley of Death

Answer 9

Dactyl (/,u,u):INto the VALLEY of Death

Question 10

What is this?
Cry, cry! Troy burns, or else let Helen go.

Answer 10

Spondee (/,/): CRY, CRY! TROY BURNS, or else let Helen go.

Question 11

What is a rhyme?

Answer 11

-Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel AND consonant sounds.
LAMP
STAMP

Share the short “a” vowel sound
Share the combined “mp” consonant sound

Question 13

What is a near rhyme?

Answer 13

-Also known as imperfect or “close enough” rhyme. The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH

ROSE
LOSE

Different vowel sounds (long “o” and “oo” sound)
Share the same consonant sound (“s”)

Question 14

What is a rhyme scheme?

Answer 14

A pattern of rhyming words or sounds (usually end rhyme, but not always).

Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern.

ABAB, OR ABCB
wEEP A collector A
sEE B stRING B
kEEP A heads C
thEE B rING B

ABCB is an example of an END RHYME, where words at the end of one line rhymes another one.

Question 15

What is an internal rhyme?

Answer 15

2 Words inside ONE line rhyme… I remember specifically in DECEMBER

Question 16

What is a refrain?

Answer 16

A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza or verse, such as the chorus in a song.

Question 17

What is tone?

Answer 17

-Used in poetry to show feeling and emotion, and set the mood for the work.

-Can be established through word choice, the grammatical arrangement of words (syntax), imagery, or details that are included or omitted.

*this is the authors opinion or feeling on the topic

Question 18

What are 3 tone examples?

Answer 18

1. PASTORAL
2. EXPLOSIVE
3. OMINOUS

Question 19

DEnotation VS CONnotation?

Answer 19

Denotation: the specific, literal image, idea, concept, or object that a word or phrase refers to

Connotation: an emotional or social association with a word, giving meaning beyond the literal definition

Question 20

wich is the DE or CON?

a star:
1.ball of light/gas in the sky
2.a wish

Answer 20

DEN 1.ball of light/gas in the sky
CON 2.a wish

Question 21

Two other examples:

Answer 21

WORD: a family
DEN=group of related individuals
CON=love, trust, closeness

WORD: a dog
DEN=our legged mammal
CON=friend, protector, pet