Poetry Terms/Figurative Language/Literary Devices

Question 1

"Act naturally" is an example of what?

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Oxymoron

Question 2

Poetry with no regular rhyme, rhythm or line length.

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free verse

Question 3

Main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work

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Theme

Question 4

Repetition of the same word or set of words in a paragraph

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Anaphora

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Something that has meaning in itself but also represents something else

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symbol

Question 6

A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.

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epic

Question 7

A genre of literature that expresses ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative, musical words

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poetry

Question 8

Personification?

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The engines roar

Question 9

Talking to a nonexistant person of an inanimate object as though it were a living being

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Apostrophe

Question 10

A run-on line of poetry where logical, grammatical sense carries over from 1 line to the next.

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enjambment

Question 11

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words, as in tongue twisters

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alliteration

Question 12

You are prepared for a quiz on poetry terms and figurative language?

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True, False, Hahahahahaha, Hmmm.... maybe?

Question 13

Greg's father was a rock through the entire soccer game...

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Metaphor

Question 14

Japanese nature poem, three lines in length; 17 syllables, 5-7-5

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haiku

Question 15

A direct comparison between unlike things with similar qualities, not using "like" or "as".

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metaphor

Question 16

A four line stanza or section in a poem.

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quatrain

Question 17

Which type of irony is when the audeince knows something the characters don't?

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Dramatic

Question 18

An expression intended for a funny effect by using the different meanings of words or phrases

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Pun

Question 19

A 14 line poem with a certain rhyme scheme.

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Sonnet

Question 20

Giving non-humans or abstract ideas, human qualities

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personification

Question 21

The repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession.

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consonance

Question 22

What two words are used in similes?

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like/as

Question 23

The unspoken, unwritten associations made with a particular word.

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connotation

Question 24

Language that goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create imagery

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Figurative Language

Question 25

The pattern in which the last words in lines of poetry rhyme.

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rhyme scheme

Question 26

Words that imitate sounds.

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onomatopoeia

Question 27

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses.

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imagery

Question 28

A paradox is a contradictory phrase that is true?

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True

Question 29

An eight line unit which may make up a stanza or a section of a poem.

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octave

Question 30

The emotion of the poem.

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mood

Question 31

A single line of poetry

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Verse

Question 32

Two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme.

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couplet

Question 33

A large bucket of fluffy, crunchy, butter drenched popcorn is an example of....?

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Imagery

Question 34

Extreme exaggeration usually for humorous effect.

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hyperbole

Question 35

A group of lines together in a poem, like sentences in a paragraph.

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stanza

Question 36

Idiom?

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Up the creek without a paddle

Question 37

A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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foot

Question 38

The narrator’s attitude toward the subject of the poem.

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tone

Question 39

A pair of word opposites placed side by side for dramatic effect "jumbo shrimp"

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oxymoron

Question 40

Repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry.

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assonance

Question 41

The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"

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simile

Question 42

Simile?

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Tough as nails

Question 43

An examples of verbal irony would be...?

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It's as clear as mud

Question 44

The repetition of identical or similar sounds in words.

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rhyme

Question 45

Euphemism is a(n) ..... of harsh words

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replacement

Question 46

A reference to a famous person, place, event or other work of literature.

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allusion

Question 47

The choice and use of words and phrases

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Diction

Question 48

Your yard is a "Garden of Eden" is an example of what figure of speech?

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Allusion

Question 49

Sally sells sea shells...

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Alliteration

Question 50

The literal meaning of the word that a person would find in the dictionary.

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denotation

Poetry Terms/Figurative Language/Literary Devices

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