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Repetition of some poetic terminology
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Before analysing a poem, you should always...
Use evidence
Give a sense of what the text is roughly about
Make an initial point
All of the above
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True or false: poetry can be enjoyable
False
True
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What is alliteration?
A kind of meter
The repetition of a sound/letter, at the beginning of a word
A figure of speech
A half rhyme
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The first thing to do when reading a poem is...
Check the rhythm
Check the rhyme scheme
Get a sense of what the poem is about
Check for literary techniques
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An example of a metaphor is
The dog yelped
The sky is a velvet blanket
The old man cried 'Wahoo!'
Once upon a time...
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What is "free verse"?
Does not use fixed meter patterns/rhyme/ /musical pattern.
A poem with an obvious metric beat.
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'Analysis' means...
The description of what a text is about
Giving controversial opinions
Discussing the effect of a piece of writing
Making sure you give evidence
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A simile...
compares at least two things
has to be included for a piece of writing to be a poem
compares something to something else
can only be used in descriptive writing
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Metaphor means
The description of something in terms of something else
The description of something in false terms
The description of something in eye-catching terms
The description of something as being like something else
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Personification means...
Talking too much about humans
the description of humans as animals
the description of humans
the description of non-humans in human terms
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Iambic pentameter is
A line of poetry with five beats
A line of poetry with four beats
A quick, easy-to-read poem
Any stanza with a clear rhythm
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The word 'stanza' means...
a group of lines (also called a 'verse')
the end of a poem
the rhyme scheme
the use of poetic techniques
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What is/are the difference(s) between a symbol and a metaphor?
Symbols run through a whole culture or work of art.
Symbols are the author's private associations.
They actually mean the same.
Metaphors are the author's private associations.
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Onomatopoeia means...
Words that sound like other words
Words that sound loud
Words that sound unusual
Words that sound like the thing they describe
