poetry #1

Question 1

what is poetry

Answer 1

a rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to emotion and imagination

Question 2

what is a narrative

Answer 2

a story told in verse form

Question 3

what is a ballad

Answer 3

a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature

Question 4

what is an alliteration

Answer 4

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more words in the same line of verse

Question 5

what is consonance

Answer 5

the repetition of consonant sounds that are NOT at the beginnings of words in a line of verse

Question 6

what is assonance

Answer 6

the similarity or repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words with different consonant sounds

Question 7

what is onomatopoeia

Answer 7

the use of words that imitate the sounds they define

Question 8

what is repetition

Answer 8

repeating a word or phrase within a poem

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what is refrain

Answer 9

the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza

Question 10

what is a simile

Answer 10

two dissimilar things are compared using words such as “like”, “as”, or “than”

Question 11

what is a metaphor

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two dissimilar things are compared WITHOUT using words such as “like”, “as”, or “than”

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What is a direct metaphor

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directly compares two things with a verb such as “is”

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what is an implied metaphor

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suggests a comparison without using “is”

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what is an extended metaphor

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a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing

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what is personification

Answer 15

giving human or animate qualities to nonhuman or inanimate things

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what is apostrophe

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words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea

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what is literary allusion

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a reference to a person, place, or thing from previous literature

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what is a hyperbole

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exaggeration for the sake of effect, for emphasis, not to be taken literally

Question 19

what is a litotes

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understatement for the sake of effect

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what is verbal irony

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saying the opposite of what is true

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what is antithesis

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balancing or contrasting one thing against another for effect

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what is synecdoche

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using a part of something to represent a whole

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what is metonymy

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the substitution of one word for another closely associated word

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what is paradox

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an apparent contradiction, which proves upon further examination, to be true

Question 25

a rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to emotion and imagination

Answer 25

poetry

Question 26

a story told in verse form

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narrative

Question 27

a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature

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ballad

Question 28

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more words in the same line of verse

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alliteration

Question 29

the repetition of consonant sounds that are NOT at the beginnings of words in a line of verse

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consonance

Question 30

the similarity or repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words with different consonant sounds

Answer 30

assonance

Question 31

the use of words that imitate the sounds they define

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onomatopoeia

Question 32

repeating a word or phrase within a poem

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repetition

Question 33

the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza

Answer 33

refrain

Question 34

two dissimilar things are compared using words such as "like", "as", or "than"

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simile

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two dissimilar things are compared WITHOUT using words such as "like", "as", or "than"

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metaphor

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directly compares two things with a verb such as "is"

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direct metaphor

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suggests a comparison without using "is"

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implied metaphor

Question 38

a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing

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extended metaphor

Question 39

giving human or animate qualities to nonhuman or inanimate things

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personification

Question 40

words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea

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apostrophe

Question 41

a reference to a person, place, or thing from previous literature

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literary allusion

Question 42

exaggeration for the sake of effect, for emphasis, not to be taken literally

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hyperbole

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understantement for the sake of effect

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litotes

Question 44

saying the opposite of what is true

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verbal irony

Question 45

balancing or contrasting one thing against another for effect

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antithesis

Question 46

using a part of something to represent a whole

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synecdoche

Question 47

the substitution of one word for another closely associated word

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metonymy

Question 48

an apparent contradiction, which proves upon further examination, to be true

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paradox