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Unit 6: Poetry Vocab - Vibha & Maria
What is caesura?
What is a ballad?
Unit 6: Poetry Vocab - Vibha & Maria
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What is a ballad?
A highly structured 14-line poem
A speech given in play
A poem that does not follow a rhyme scheme
A song or poem that tells a story
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What is caesura?
A pause or break within a line of poetry
A rhyme that is not exact
A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect
A type of poem that tells a story
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What is a phrase that combines opposite ideas, like "bittersweet"?
Hyperbole
Simile
Metonymy
Oxymoron
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What is a dactyl?
A poem that doesn’t rhyme
A foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
When the first syllable is stressed and the next two are unstressed
A two-syllable foot with both syllables stressed
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What is a catalog poem?
A poem that focuses on nature
A poem that rhymes every other line
A poem that lists things, people or events
A poem tells a tragic love story
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What is the repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words?
Alliteration
Conssonance
Assonance
Rhyme
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What is personification?
A play on words based on multiple meanings
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
A word that sounds like what it means
Attributing human qualities to something non-human
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What is a lyric poem?
A poem that follows a catalog format
Poem that expresses personal thoughts/emotions rather than telling a story
A poem that only consists of two rhyming lines
A poem that tells a dramatic story
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What is onomatopoeia?
A word that sounds like what it describes
A phrase repeated throughout a poem
A type of rhyme scheme
The repetition of a sound in poetry
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What is the repetition of consonant sounds in words located next to each other?
Rhyme
Repetition
Assonance
Alliteration
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What is a type of poetic meter where an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable?
Dactyl
Spondee
Iamb
Trochee
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What is an ode?
A poem that follows a conversation format
A poem that repeats a single word or phrase throughout
A long, serious lyric poem written in a formal style
A humorous poem with a strict rhyme scheme
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What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or connection to an other aspect of culture?
Allusion
Symbolism
Connotation
Irony
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What is a writer’s attitude toward their subject or audience?
Tone
Irony
Theme
Atmosphere
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What is it called when words share the same ending sounds or repetition of sounds in accented/succeeding syllables?
Assonance
Rhyme
Alliteration
Hyperbole
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What is a spondee?
A type of free verse
A metrical foot with two stressed syllables
A pattern of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables
A foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
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What is a couplet?
A four-line stanza with alternating rhyme
Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
A phrase that is repeated throughout a poem
A comparison between two unlike things
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What is a contrast between what is expected and what happens (verbal, situational, or dramatic)?
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Irony
Allusion
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What is an overused phrase that has lost its impact?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Cliché
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What is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter called?
Couplet
Free verse
Ballad
Blank verse
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What is rhythm in poetry?
A type of rhyme that occurs within a single line
A literary device that gives human traits to objects
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in language
A reference to something well known in culture or history
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What is a phrase, line, or group of lines repeated in a poem for effect?
Rhyme
Metaphor
Personification
Refrain
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What is a theme?
A writer’s choice of words
The central idea, insight, or message of a story
The repetition of consonant sounds
A reference to something well-known
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What is a sonnet?
A poem resembling a song written in free-verse
A short poem with no formal structure
A 14-line poem, written in iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme
A long narrative poem about a hero
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What is an exaggerated statement for effect, not meant to be taken literally?
Simile
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Irony
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Which of these is an example of a pun?
"He had a photographic memory but never developed it."
"The stars danced in the night sky."
"Her heart was a cold, empty cave."
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
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What is a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as", relating them in a direct implied manner?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Simile
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What is imagery?
A contradiction between two opposite words
A phrase that is overused and lacks meaning
The use of exaggerated language
Language that creates a vivid picture using the senses
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What is a metrical unit in poetry, usually consisting of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables?
Rhyme scheme
Meter
Free verse
Foot
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What do we call the analysis of a poem’s meter, marking stressed (′) and unstressed (ˇ) syllables?
Trochee
Foot
Scanning
Rhythm
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What is a slant rhyme?
A rhyme where the sounds are similar but not exact
A rhyme where words sound identical
A rhyme that happens at the beginning of lines
A technique used in non-rhyming poetry
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What is an end rhyme?
A figure of speech that compares two things
A rhyme that happens within a single line
A rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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What is an explicit comparison using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Irony
Hyperbole
Simile
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What type of poetry does not follow a regular meter or rhyme scheme?
Blank verse
Free verse
Sonnet
Epic
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What is an epic?
A long, narrative poem about a heroic figure and their deeds
A type of poem that is sung
A poem that follows a strict rhyming pattern
A short poem about everyday life
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What is an indirect or suggested meaning of a word beyond its dictionary definition?
Symbolism
Denotation
Irony
Connotation
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What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words or stressed syllables?
Alliteration
Rhyme
Consonance
Assonance
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What is a concrete poem?
A poem with no rhyme or meter
A poem that tells a long heroic story
Type of lyric poem that expresses emotions
A poem where the words are arranged to form a shape related to the subject
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What is an anapest?
A foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
A line with exactly five feet
A poem with an irregular meter
A pause or break in a line
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What is the internal rhyme?
A repeated phrase in poetry
A rhyme that is slightly imperfect
A rhyme that appears only at the end of lines
A rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry or in consecutive lines
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What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry called?
Foot
Scanning
Rhythm
Meter
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What is cadence?
The natural rise and fall of language in speech or writing
The specific structure of a sonnet
A strict metrical pattern
The use of rhyme within a line of poetry
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What is a writer’s choice of words (Formal, colloquial, slang, etc)?
Diction
Theme
Syntax
Connotation
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What is the feeling or mood created in a piece of writing?
Atmosphere
Theme
Tone
Diction
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What is a trochee?
A poem that tells a story
A type of rhyme found within a line
A metrical foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one
A metrical foot with two stressed syllables
