Poetry Exam

Question 1

How do you read poetry

Answer 1

1. read aloud
2. Read several times
3. punctuation
4. paraphrase
5. summarize
6. answer your questions
7. archetypes

Question 2

how do you read several times

Answer 2

1. find what feelings you get from the poem
2. look up words you do not know and use context
3. read it with the new meaning you have and see if your feelings from the first read change

Question 3

What questions about the poem should you ask

Answer 3

1. who is the speaker
2. who is the audience
3. what is the occasion

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

General statement of truth about life, what the poem is about

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Question 5

The repetition of an initial consonant sound

Answer 5

alliteration

Question 6

a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work

Answer 6

allusion

Question 7

the state of having more than one meaning, with resultant uncertainty as to the intended significance of the statement

Answer 7

ambiguity

Question 8

a device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines

Answer 8

anaphora

Question 9

same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds

Answer 9

assonance

Question 10

a person, or anything presented as a person, e. g., a spirit, object, animal, or natural force, in a literary work

Answer 10

character

Question 11

intended definition of a word

Answer 11

connotation

Question 12

the repetition of final consonants in words or stressed syllables whose vowel sounds are different

Answer 12

consonance

Question 13

the literal dictionary definition of a word

Answer 13

denotation

Question 14

a variety of language characteristic of a particular group of the language’s speakers

Answer 14

dialect

Question 15

an author’s choice of words

Answer 15

diction

Question 16

an example of figurative language that states something that is not literally true in order to create an effect

Answer 16

figure of speech

Question 17

a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs

Answer 17

hyperbole

Question 18

a word or group of words in a literary work which appeals to one or more of the senses

Answer 18

imagery

Question 19

an act of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison

Answer 19

juxtaposition

Question 20

the recurrence in poetry of a rhythmic pattern, or the rhythm established by the regular occurrence of similar units of sound

Answer 20

meter

Question 21

a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words “like” or “as”

Answer 21

metaphor

Question 22

a lengthy speech given by one person

Answer 22

monologue

Question 23

the repetition of a sound meant to resemble what it is describing

Answer 23

onomatopoeia

Question 24

a combination of words or short phrases that are contradictory

Answer 24

oxymoron

Question 25

a "second self" created by the author and through whom the narrative is related

Answer 25

persona

Question 26

a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics

Answer 26

personification

Question 27

the repetition of the same or similar sounds, often occurring at set intervals and most obviously appearing at the end of a line, where it is called end ____

Answer 27

rhyme

Question 28

the time and place in which a story unfolds

Answer 28

setting

Question 29

an explicit comparison of two things, usually with the words "like" or "as"

Answer 29

simile

Question 30

a grouping or poetic lines

Answer 30

stanza

Question 31

the patterns of arrangement of words in a sentence

Answer 31

syntax

Question 32

the use of one object to represent or stand for something else

Answer 32

symbolism

Question 33

a figure of speech in which a part is taken from the hole

Answer 33

synecdoche

Question 34

the message or central idea expressed in a literary work

Answer 34

theme

Question 35

types of poetry and define them

Answer 35

dramatic poetry- poetry that employs dramatic form or some element of dramatic technique Lyric poetry- poetry that expresses an emotional state or mood narrative poetry- poetry that tells a story

Question 36

the attitude towards the subject and towards the audience in a literary work

Answer 36

tone

Question 37

a figure of speech in which the literal sense of what is being said falls detectably short of the magnitude of what is being talked about

Answer 37

understatement

Question 38

a contraction that contains some element of truth

Answer 38

paradox

Question 39

saying something but meaning another

Answer 39

verbal irony

Question 40

the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant

Answer 40

metonymy

Question 41

language that means something other than what it literally means

Answer 41

figurative language

Question 42

what does figurative language do

Answer 42

1. ordinary to unordinary 2. adds depth 3. allows a better understanding 4. adds freshness

Question 43

examples of figurative language

Answer 43

1. metaphor 2. simile 3. personification 4. paradox 5. hyperbole 6. understatement 7. verbal irony 8. synechdoche 9. metonymy

Question 44

elements of a poem

Answer 44

``` imagery tone figurative language allusion theme ```

Question 45

how do you find a theme in a poem

Answer 45

1. find the subject of each stanza 2. never state theme as the simple subject 3. does it run throughout the poem 4. find tone 5. characters actions 6. a title of work 7. symbolic characters 8. setting 9. imagery