10th English - Poetry

Question 0

Stanza

Answer 0

lines, usually four or more, that make up a poem

Question 1

Annotations

Answer 1

Green- unknown words
Black - connections to TV, text and films. Modern day connections
Blue - touches you emotionally. Memories. Relates to you and you to others
Red - Literary devices What author wants me to know or feel and how he/she does it.

Question 2

Enjambment

Answer 2

Practice of running lines of poetry on without punctuation (periods, commas, etc)

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Figure of speech used to make a comparison more vivid. Uses words “like” or “as”

He is as strong as an ox
She swims like a fish
Her face turned as red as a tomato.

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

Comparison of two things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”

He has the courage of a lion.
She is drowning in money.

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

action of repeating something that has already been said or written

Question 6

Slant Rhyme

Answer 6

rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sound in last syllable

Question 7

Internal Rhyme

Answer 7

poetic device in which middle words and end words rhyme. Also called middle rhyme, since it comes in the middle of lines.
Example:
Once upon a midnight DREARY, while I pondered, weak and WEARY.

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

Question 9

Her eye was like a sapphire
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Symbolism

Answer 9

A. Simile

Question 10

The cloud was like a pillow
The pillow was soft as a cloud
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Symbolism

Answer 10

A. Simile

Question 11

Alliteration

Answer 11

when two or more consonant sounds at the beginning of words are repeated in a line of poetry

Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore
Some Smug Slug

Question 12

Symbolism

Answer 12

when one thing represents or stands for another thing

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Repitition of vowel sounds in a line

The Rain in Spain falls Mainly in the Plains

Question 14

Consonance

Answer 14

repitition of similar consonant sounds NOT first letter

Question 15

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 15

Form of poetry written by Shakespeare that had only 10 syllables per line and five stressed ones.
Poem made up of FIVE stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable.

Question 16

Samantha was sick on Sunday
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 16

C. Alliteration

Question 17

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 17

C. Alliteration

Question 18

Nick's nephew never needed new notebooks
A. Personification
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 18

C. Alliteration

Question 19

The dove moved above the waves
A. Personification
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 19

B. Consonance. repeated “v”

Question 20

Hey Sue, do you like blue?
A. Personification
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 20

D. Assonance. Repeated “oo” sound

Question 21

I dropped the locket in my pocket into the thick mud
A. Personification
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 21

B. Consonance. repeated “ck” sound

Question 22

Mike's microphone made much music.
A. Personification
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 22

C. Alliteration

Question 23

Make a mountain out of a molehill.
A. Personification
B. Consonance
C. Alliteration
D. Assonance

Answer 23

C. Alliteration. Repeated “m” at start of words

Question 24

``` That cat sat back A. Personification B. Consonance C. Alliteration D. Assonance ```

Answer 24

D. Assonance. repeated "a"

Question 25

Match. . End rhyme. Internal rhyme. Slant rhyme If love is like a bridge. or maybe a grudge. . A word is dead. . When it is said . He's the king of the swing

Answer 25

If love is like a bridge. or maybe a grudge. - Slant rhyme A word is dead. When it is said. - End rhyme He's the king of the swing. - Internal rhyme