Duplicate of AP Lit

composed of 3 quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter w/ the rhymes abab cdcd efef gg

“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” – H.G. Wells

Her smile was a mile wide

I like to swim, to hike and to bike

What is this an example of?

Most of Jesus' stories were these

contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

Comparing two things without using like or as

an exaggerated statement

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.

usually comprise of two lines that rhyme and have the same metre

1+1=3 because it depends on how you look at it

Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc

*wins 10 million dollars in lottery* "Oh I did okay"

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers

O Captain! My Captain!

"White and Nerdy" by Al Yankovic instead of "Ridin' Dirty" by Chamillionaire

A question you ask not expecting an answer. It makes a point or persuades

"Dead as a door nail"

Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

Comparing the world as a stage for your life throughout a poem

Rachel, come here please.

Jerry is lonely because he spends much of his time at the narrator’s cabin alone.

a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

using same patterns of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

"The weather is lovely outside" (there's actually a hurricane)

The Sun smiled down on the little girl

Are you crazy?

made up of seemingly contradictory things but ends up being true

giving human qualities to inanimate things or animals

Using 'go away' instead of 'buzz off'

comparison between two things that continues throughout a paragraph or a poem

the use of informal, common words in everyday speech

referencing something without directly mentioning it

a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something

any report of connected events, real or imaginary, presended in written or spoken words

uses an extended metaphor that compares two very dissimilar things

contradictory words next to or by each other

"Thunder rolls overhead from booming clouds, hanging overhead"

'But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun! (...)

(look at the count of lines and count of stanzas) what is this?

a story which illustrates an important lesson or principle

the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

"This place is like a Garden of Eden"

five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.

What is this an example of?

Jumbo Shrimp

The words 'sunshine, rainbow, freshness' are examples of?

Buzz Buzz

name of the person who is being directly spoken to

a song or poem narrating a story in short stanzas

a harsh mixture of inharminous sounds

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

When a poet writes an emotional, rhyming poem about her feelings

Something made to imitate or make fun of the original piece of work

She has the heart of a lion

the creation of words that imitate natural sounds

a picture or description is someone that exaggerates their defects

a flaw in reasoning

hour/fen/pen/flower..... then a setset with another rhyme

comparison using like or as

Writing that attacks, denounces or insults a person or topic

the incongruity between what is expected and what actually happens

the analysis or study of traits and personalities of a person

Repetition of vowel sounds of words close to each other

Short text honoring a deceased person

And I do love thee: therefore, go with me

Men sell the wedding bells

presenting something as smaller or less important than it actually is

your natives are the most pernicious race of vermin that ever suffered to crawl upon earth

She was as hot as an oven

rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse

A verse without rhyme that still uses iambic pentameter

long excerpt in a play, poem or story that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings

A city that has horns honking, dogs barking and people talking

"To be or not to be- that is the question...."

type of a poem that contains 6 stanzas, each having 6 lines, while the 7th has three lines.