Poetry

Question 1

Term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, that are often, but not necessarily, rhymed

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Verse

Question 2

Section of poem/ like a paragraph in prose

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Stanza

Question 3

2 lines; 4 lines

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Couplet

Question 4

Repeating words, lines, or ideas to make a point

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Repetition

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A line or group of lines repeated regularly or irregularly

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Refrain

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Unrhymed lines or iambic pentameter (10 syllables, every other syllable is stressed; the way Shakespeare writes his plays)

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Blank verse

Question 7

Repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the end of lines

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Rhyme

Question 8

When a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem

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Meter

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Term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

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Rhythm

Question 10

Comparing 2 things NOT using like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparing 2 things USING like or as

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Simile

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Giving non human things human characteristics

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Personification

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An enormous exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Something small representing something larger

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Symbol

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Repetition of the same CONSONANT sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable (descending dew drops)

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Alliteration

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A common type of bear rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds: home, same (worth, breath)

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Consonance

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Repetition of internal vowel sounds I nearby words that do not end the Same (asleep under a tree)

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Assonance

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Word use that paints pictures in readers’ minds

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Imagery

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The way the setting affects the readers and characters

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Mood

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How the AUTHOR feels about his characters and subject

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Tone

Question 21

Reference to another literal work, person, place, or time

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allusion

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A word or combination of words that resemble specific sounds (buzz, rattle, bang)

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Onomatopoeia

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Term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader. Common literary archetypes include stories of quests, initiations, descents to the underworld, and ascents to heaven

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Archetype

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The voice used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem. The speaker is often a created identity and should not automatically be equated with the author’s self

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Speaker

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The way we usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of words

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Prose

Question 26

4 lines

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Quatrain