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Introduction to Poetry

Question 1 of 24

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A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to emotion and imagination
In other words..
A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhymthm

Select one of the following:

  • Poetry

  • Speaker

  • Stanza

Explanation

Question 2 of 24

1

the voice talking in a poem.

Select one of the following:

  • Refrain

  • Speaker

  • Stanza

Explanation

Question 3 of 24

1

group of lines forming a unit in a poem.

Select one of the following:

  • Poetry

  • Stanza

  • Rhyme

Explanation

Question 4 of 24

1

The distinct way a poem is laid out on the paid is called the poem's

Select one of the following:

  • Form

  • Mood

  • Tone

Explanation

Question 5 of 24

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What is the likeness of sounds at the ends of words, as in cute, mute, and root

Select one of the following:

  • Tone

  • Irony

  • Rhyme

Explanation

Question 6 of 24

1

attitude of the author toward a piece of literature (how the author feels)

Select one of the following:

  • tone

  • suspense

  • inference

Explanation

Question 7 of 24

1

the uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what will happen next in a story.

Select one of the following:

  • tone

  • suspense

  • inference

Explanation

Question 8 of 24

1

a reasonable conclusion made about something based on certain clues or facts.

Select one of the following:

  • tone

  • suspense

  • inference

Explanation

Question 9 of 24

1

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
i.e “The cat crawled up the cold clock”- the letter C is repeated.

Select one of the following:

  • alliteration

  • foreshadow

  • assonance

Explanation

Question 10 of 24

1

What is a repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
i.e
“That sound of shots was shocking and loud.”
“I am going to sigh right before I fly.” or

Select one of the following:

  • tone

  • assonance

  • alliteration

Explanation

Question 11 of 24

1

When the lines have a repeated rhythmic pattern it’s a..

Select one of the following:

  • rhythm

  • foreshadow

  • meter

Explanation

Question 12 of 24

1

What is the voice that relates the ideas of story of the poem.

Select one of the following:

  • tone

  • irony

  • speaker

Explanation

Question 13 of 24

1

a contrast between expectation and reality.

Select one of the following:

  • allusion

  • irony

  • dialect

Explanation

Question 14 of 24

1

a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns.

Select one of the following:

  • rhyme

  • rhythm

  • refrain

Explanation

Question 15 of 24

1

words or phrases that describe something in a way that creates pictures, or images that appeal to the reader's senses.

Select one of the following:

  • imagery

  • symbol

  • connotation

Explanation

Question 16 of 24

1

Emotions and associations connected to a word. Depending on your experiences, it can have positive, negative or neutral meaning.

Select one of the following:

  • imagery

  • symbol

  • connotative meaning

Explanation

Question 17 of 24

1

specific or literal meaning of a work or phrase (dictionary definition).

Select one of the following:

  • oxymoron

  • alliteration

  • denotative meaning

Explanation

Question 18 of 24

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what is the use of words that sound like what they refer to, like buzz, hiss, crunch, and thump.

Select one of the following:

  • denotation

  • alliteration

  • onomatopeia

Explanation

Question 19 of 24

1

what communicates ideas besides the ordinary, literal meanings of the words.

(there are 3 basic types of figurative language)

Select one of the following:

  • connotation

  • figurative language

  • imagery

Explanation

Question 20 of 24

1

what is the attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or idea

Select one of the following:

  • Hyperbole

  • Personification

  • similie

Explanation

Question 21 of 24

1

A play on words that have the some or similar sounds but different meanings.

Select one of the following:

  • Idiom

  • Bentley's Jokes

  • Simile

  • Pun

  • Metaphor

Explanation

Question 22 of 24

1

an expression that is illogical and means something other than its literal statement.

Select one of the following:

  • anything that comes out of mom's mouth.

  • Maygan's singing

  • Idiom

Explanation

Question 23 of 24

1

what is a more direct comparison, as in “Jake believed that life was a football show” or “The typical teenage girl's room is filled with clutter.”

Select one of the following:

  • Tyler and Tvli

  • Marbury vs. Madison

  • Metaphor

  • Simile

Explanation

Question 24 of 24

1

a comparison between tow unlike things, using a word such as like or as.

Select one of the following:

  • Any middle/high school girl you talk to.

  • Dad

  • metaphor

  • simile

Explanation

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