Poetry

Question 1

Alliteration

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Repetition of similar constant sounds at beginning of several words in a like of poetry - around the rock he ran

Question 2

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry - poetry is old goes fold

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Consonance

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Repetition of constant sounds in the middle or at the end of several words in a line of poetry - and all the air a solemn stillness holds

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Repitition

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Repeating of same word or phrase in a line of poetry - home, home, home, go go go

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Refrain

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When a word of group of words is repeated regularly in a poem usually at end of a stanza

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of a word that suggests its meaning - click, boom, screech

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Euphony

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Combination of pleasant sounds - who’s woods these are i think i know his house is in the village though

Question 8

Cacophony

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Combination of harsh clashing sounds, same as dissonance, his finger cracked between the door

Question 9

Allusion

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Reference to a person place or event that a writer expects the reader to know about - he was as generous as a post-visit scrooge

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Apostrophe

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Figure of speech that a inanimate object is addressed directly, usually preceded by ‘oh’ - oh grade 12 how you taunt me so

Question 11

Colloquialism

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Using informal speech- sup yo

Question 12

Connotation

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Set of associations that a word calls to mind - modest fixer upper ‘ or ‘ old broken down shack

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Denotation

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Literal word meaning w/o feeling or imagery - a house

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Hyperbole

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Figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for feeling or effect- i could eat a horse

Question 15

Hyperbole

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Figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for feeling or effect- i could eat a horse

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Idiom

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An expression whose meaning cant be derived from the words used in the expression - im just pulling your leg

Question 17

Imagery

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Creating pictures in readers mind using phrases or words

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Juxtaposition

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Two or more ideas side by side for purpose of comparison contrast or rhetorical effect - rain pours down yet my hear is clear

Question 19

Metaphor

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Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things unalike - world is a stage and the people are players

Question 20

Extended metaphor

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Metaphor extended throughout the performance poem

Question 21

Oxymoron

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Figure of speech that combines opposite ideas or terms - sweet sorrow

Question 22

Personification

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Figure of speech in which something not human is giving human qualities - the rain danced in the sky

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Pun

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The use of a word or phrase to suggest more then one meaning - meant to look for missing watch but didnt have the time

Question 24

Pun

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The use of a word or phrase to suggest more then one meaning - meant to look for missing watch but didnt have the time

Question 25

Comparison between two things using like or as

Question 26

Simile

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Comparison between two things using like or as - the sky was as blue as the ocean

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Symbol

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Something that stands for something larger then itself - Dove is peace

Question 28

Free verse

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Verses written with no structure

Question 29

Sonnet

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14 line poem

Question 30

Couplet

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Two consecutive lines of poetry

Question 31

Lyric poem

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Songlike qualities that express feelings and emotions of the writer

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Rhyme scheme

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Writers pattern of lines that rhyme w other lines in a poem or stanza

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Symbol

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Something that is generally recognized or known- rose means love

Question 34

Figurative devices

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Language that is not literal

Question 35

Rhetorical devices

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The use of language effectively in writing or speech to persuade the reader