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Spring Final Review
Review questions and answers
Question | Answer |
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occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word | alliteration |
"She sells sea shells down by the seashore" is an example of? | alliteration |
comparison of two things | Metaphor |
This is an example of what? "All the world is a stage." | Metaphor |
BOOM! is what? | onomatopoeia |
What are words that imitate sounds called? | onomatopoeia |
"The sun smiled at us," is an example of what? | personification |
What is the term used to describe the act of giving human traits or characteristics to non-human objects? | personification |
comparison of two things using like or as | simile |
She was as free as a bird when school ended. | simile |
Beginning letters of each line form/spell a word | acrostic |
Type of poetry with no set pattern or rhyme | free verse |
A literary device used to help the reader visualize | imagery |
a humorous 5-line poem | limmerick |
a poem with AABBA rhyme scheme A lines must have the same rhyme and syllable count B lines must have the same rhyme and syllable count | limmerick |
What is it called when one line ends and another begins in poetry? | line break |
describing things as if they are human | personification |
When words, a phrase, lines or stanzas repeat, it is known as ... | repetition |
When words have the same end sounds | rhyme |
comparing two things using like or as | simile |
sections of a poem | stanzas |
the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem create the ... | rhythm |
Name of a poem where the first word down each line of a poem spells a word | acrostic |
a humorous 4-line poem, usually about someone famous AABB rhyme scheme | clerihew |
4-line poem that begins with a noun, 2nd line is two adjectives, 3rd line are action verbs, 4th line is a synonym for line one | cinquain |
What do you call a pair of rhyming lines? | couplet |
This poem has a specific shape and is similar to a cinquain | diamente |
This poem begins with a noun and ends with a noun that is the opposite of line one. | diamente |
poem about nature | haiku |
3 line poem with no rhythmic patter | haiku |
poem with a set syllable pattern line one - 5 syllables line two - 7 syllables line three - 5 syllables | haiku |