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Poetry devices, matching terms to meanings #poetry #devices #poetryanalysis
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Onomatopoeia refers to . .
words that use the same consonant sounds in a phrase.
words that reference another literary work.
words that give non-human creatures humanlike traits.
words that sound like what they mean.
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A line of anapestic tetrameter would contain how many feet (stressed syllables)?
2
4
5
3
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Repeated consonants (not at beginning of word) in words whose vowels differ.
Consonance
Somnambulance
Belidance
Dissonance
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What is a pyrrhic foot in poetry?
Stressed and then unstressed syllables
Two stressed syllables in a meter
an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
2 unstressed syllables in a foot
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The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is called...
simile
rhyme
rhythm
onomatopoeia
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What is an allusion in literature?
a misleading image presented to the vision
A reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of
The use of words that imitate sounds
When author repeats certain lines, words, or phrases to emphasize meaning
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True or false: this image is an example of situational irony.
False
True
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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry is called...
Meter
Montage
Mood
Iamb
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Words that repeat the same sounds, particularly vowel sounds are...
Rhythmic
Metered
Scansion
Rhyming
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Repeated vowel sounds in a phrase (not at the beginnings of the words).
Apostrophe
Assonance
Consonance
Dissonance
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Poetry with a rhythm of 8 stressed syllables per line:
Octameter
tetrameter
Hexameter
Dimeter
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Poetic foot is defined as...
always written in iambic pentameter
always two stressed syllables together
group of syllables - stressed & unstressed
smells badly
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Poetry with 2 stressed syllables per line:
Dimeter
Heptameter
Pentameter
Hexameter
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"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?" shows what type of pentameter?
Shakespeare
spondaic
iambic
anapestic
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Looking at the picture, what is the figurative language used?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.
Personification
Reification
Objectification
Subjectification
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Which one of these words, when pronounced correctly, is NOT a trochee?
Tissue
Legend
England
Mature
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What kind of word is "Pittsburgh"?
dactylic
iambic
trochaic
anapestic
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What is a stanza?
words that create a mental image
deeper meaning given to everyday objects or events
section of a poem, usually with rhyme and length
words that have the same sound at the end
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A metrical foot with two stressed syllables:
Dactyl
Spondee
Anapest
Iamb
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Looking at the picture, what is the figurative language used?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
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Example of an anapest
Miracle
Oligarchy
Awfulness
Comprehend
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What is the definition of scansion?
The analysis of a poem's form and meter.
Building block of poetry.
The number of feet contained
A pattern of beats or accents.
24
Poetry that does not have regular patterns of rhyme or meter is called...
consonance
free verse
blank verse
ballad
25
What type of irony is this if the cat in the image is trying to lose the monster?
Oxymoronic
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
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Exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
Parenthesis
Parabola
Hierarchy
27
imagery
deeper meaning given to everyday objects or events
section of a poem, usually with rhyme and length
words that create a mental image
words that have the same sound at the end
28
Pick the example of alliteration.
The elephants were listless.
The car went "bang!"
Karli couldn't come outside.
The sun is a lightbulb.
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Prosody is...
the same as accuracy.
the act of sounding out words.
the rhythm and intonation of language
doing something without having to think about it.
30
How many syllables does a line of trochaic tetrameter have?
16
12
8
4
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What is an example of anapestic tetrameter?
at the time as the president's lunch
a selection of vases were broken last night
see in the dark what the officer's doing there
oh pile of white shirts who is folding
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Which type of irony is this image?
Situational
Oxymoronic
Dramatic
Verbal
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Choose the hyperbole:
Break wind
Costs a zillion dollars
Cruel to be kind
Jumbo shrimp
34
A metric foot with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables:
Dactyl
Spondee
Anapest
Trochee
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There are _____ types of irony.
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2
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