Poetry Test 2014-10-21

Question 1

Three major types of literature

Answer 1

Poetry, prose, drama

Question 2

Figurative language

Answer 2

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. Common figures of speech include metaphor, personification, and simile

Question 3

Speaker

Answer 3

Imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem; character who tells the poem

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

Deals with that which the writer is trying to make you feel

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

Comparison of two things without using the key words “like” or “as”

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

Figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas.

Question 7

Haiku

Answer 7

Three-line Japanese verse form, the first and third lines of a haiku each have five syllables, the second line has seven syllables

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Figurative language where a non-human subject is given human characteristics

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

Use of words that imitate sounds, for example crash, buzz, screech, hiss, neigh, jingle, and cluck

Question 10

Denotation

Answer 10

Dictionary meaning of a word

Question 11

Connotation

Answer 11

Images, feelings, and ideas associated with a word

Question 12

Images/ Imagery

Answer 12

Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses to describe how their subjects look, sound, feel, taste, and smell

Question 13

Stanza

Answer 13

Group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces; like paragraph of poetry—it states and develops a single main idea

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

Writer’s attitude toward a subject

Question 15

Alliteration

Answer 15

Repetition of initial consonants sounds

Question 16

Theme

Answer 16

Central message, concern or purpose in a literary work

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

Exaggeration used to emphasize a point