Poetry

Question 0

Alliteration

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Repetition of constant sounds

Ex: Kim Kardashian kissed Kanye

Question 1

Personification

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• gives an object, animal, or idea human characteristics.

Ex: time creeps up on you

Question 2

Imagery

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• descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses

Ex: I wandered lonely as a cloud

Question 3

Metaphor

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• compares two unlike things

Ex: shall I compare the two a summers day

Question 4

Simile

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• Comparing 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”

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Assonance

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• repetition of vowel sounds

Question 6

Symbolism

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• when an object, person, situation, or action means more than what it is

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Connotation

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• meaning suggested or implied beyond the regular definition

Question 8

Denotation

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• the literal meaning of a word, dictionary definition

Question 9

Scansion

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• system of breaking down a poem by its meter

Question 10

Stanza

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• Group of lines whose rythym is repeated throughout a poem

Question 11

Couplet

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• 2 excessive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme

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Foot

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• a basic unit of rhythm

Question 13

Trochee

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• a foot of poetry whose rhythm is stressed/ unstressed

Question 14

Anapest

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• a foot of poetry whose rhythm is unstressed/ unstressed/ stressed

Question 15

Iamb

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• a foot of poetry whose rhythm is unstressed stressed

Question 16

Dactyl

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• a foot of poetry whose rhythm is stressed/unstressed/unstressed

Question 17

Sonnet

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• A 14 line poem, contains 3 quatrains and 1 couplet

- a quatrain is a a stanza that contains 4 lines

Question 18

Haiku

Answer 18

• Japanese, a 3 line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern often describes nature