Semester Test Review

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable _____, or pattern of beats.

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called...

This is the voice that communicates with the reader of the poem.

The repitition of sound at the beginning of two or more words

A reference to another work of literature, art, mythology, religious work, etc.

Mood is the reader's attitude after reading the work...

"There's a smell of damp hay,/ of horses..." is imagery appealing to which of the five senses?

Words within the lines that rhyme

"While I nodded, nearly napping..." is an example of--

A sonnet is a 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

This is the message or overal meaning behind a poem or other piece of literature...

The following is an example of which term: His embrace was like a soft, warm sweater on a cold winter day.

"Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel." This is a/an...

Tone is the writer's attitude toward his/her work...

This is a group of lines within a poem...

A figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another.

"Oh, the bells... /how they clang, and clash, and roar!" is an example of--

A haiku is a 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

Words at the end of lines that rhyme

"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines..." is an example of which term?

Pop!.... Snap!.... Moo.... Croak.... All of these are examples of which term?

The following is ALSO an example of which term... "Her smile was a mile wide."

Poetry is...

Imagery includes language that appeals to which of the following?

The following is an example of which term... "Her smile was a mile wide."

Most basic unit of poetry; similar to a SENTENCE in prose

What is the difference between the tone and mood?

Refers to the voice that speaks the poem and is NOT usually the actual author of the poem...

What type of figurative language is used? "She is the sun."

Writing that creates a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm is called poetry.

"I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless." The short e sound is ....

A sonnet has how many lines?

A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as"

When an author uses an object or event to represent something deeper or beyond the actual meaning of the object itself

"Love is like a rose that's newly sprung in June..." is an example of which term?

This is the language or word choice of a poem

Repetition of a consonant sound anywhere in words used closely to one another

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning w/ imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

A haiku is a three line poem with 5-7-5 syllabic lines.

"So Eden sank to grief" is an example of--

"So I am proud only of those days that we pass in undivided tenderness..." is an example of: