Elements of Literature Unit 2 Sound and Syntax

Which is an example of a masculine ending?

What is a question asked, not to receive information, but to achieve an effect?

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color

What word does Wagoner use to refer to the national anthem?

art of public speaking

"thump" "crash" "bang" examples of what?

Theme of "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket"

Patterned repetition of sound, syntax, and thought is more common in prose than in poetry.

In "Rattlesnake" Chavez clearly acknowledges...

Rhetoric is the study of...

word pairs in poetry that are spelled alike but pronounced differently

"maker of worn wood"

In "Foul Shot," Hoey uses personification to describe the buzzer.

What is rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry?

The reader does not know if the boy made the shot in "Foul Shot"

Which is NOT an effect of organized sound and syntax?

Wagoner's term "Irrational Anthem" in "March for a One-Man Band" refers to

Which poem begins each stanza with a rhetorical question?

"Diamond-patterned inlaid band" is an example of what??

Which is NOT true in "Traveling Through the Dark"?

The theme of Stafford's "Traveling Through the Dark" is that

Author of " March for One- Man Band"

Anaphora is a type of parallelism.

author of "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket"

"On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" is a sonnet written in iambic pentameter.

repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables

Techniques for organizing sound and syntax are based on what two principles?

"March for One-Man Band" contains rhyme.

What technique characterizes the overall structure of Rossetti's poem?

"I Have a Dream" , the speaker uses a metaphor to compare African Americans to what?

When the final syllable of a line is stressed, it is a feminine ending.

Updike's calling the ocean a "tub/Of male whales" shows the poet's use of...

The theme of "Traveling Through the Dark" contradicts a biblical worldview.

repetition of terminal or internal consonant sounds

A major theme of Crane's "A Gray Sleeve" is

pause in the middle of a line of poetry

What is the most common meter in English?

"Their eyes were set like bits of flashing steel." example of what?

What are the units of meter called?

two adjacent phrases or clauses that are parallel but contrasting in meaning

Author of "Who Has Seen the Wind"

repetition of terminal consonant sounds in accented syllables

poetic lines flowing past the end of one verse line and into the next without a natural pause

speaker's mood in "Winter Ocean" is one of...

Name of Stephen Crane's most famous novel

"Winter Ocean" forms an example of euphony.

repetition of initial consonant sounds

Literary device where the reader running past the end of the line and into the next

In "A Gray Sleeve" one soldier sees

The sections of the speech beginning with "I have a dream" and "Let freedom ring" both illustrate what?

second of two parallel phrases, clauses, or sentences reversing the elements of the first

In "Winter Ocean" Updike primarily uses what kind of imaginative comparison to portray defiance of the ocean?

information presented in the same order, and the situations illustrate the same truth is what?

William Stafford is the author of "Traveling Through the Dark".

type of rhyme combines words that look alike but not sound alike

words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds

Patterned repetition of sound, syntax, and thought is more common in prose than in poetry.

Repetition is highly effective in spoken (oral) communication.

Which device utilizes straightforward parallelism in two phrases or clauses to reinforce?

insects' songs in "The Grasshopper and the Cricket" are symbols of

What overall feature of a poem does meter most often directly affect?

Keats's use of ____ adds to the natural flow of his lines.

"rear ranked" and "still stretched" are examples of what?

Hoey uses suspense throughout his poem "Foul Shot"

rhyme that occurs between words within a single line of poetry

What two sound devices are present? Stay away, crawl-created, articulated coil of cloisonne!

Who gave the famous speech " I have a Dream"?

repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words

"hear the wilderness listen" is an example of...

Wagoner's "March for a One-Man Band" uses onomatopoeia to help re-create a real situation.

In " A Gray Sleeve" the girl does not want the soldiers to

"scrolling inward like a hive" is an example of what?