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Poetry
Honors English 9 Poetry Test
Question | Answer |
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Rhythm | Stressed and unstressed syllables |
Rhyme | Words that end with the same sound |
Repetition | A sound, word. phrase, or line that is repeated for emphasis and unity |
Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of words |
Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds in words that do not end with the same consonant |
Consonance | Repetition of consonants sounds within and at the ends of words |
Diction | Imaginative word choice |
Imagery | Evokes the five senses; smell, hear, taste, touch, and sight |
Syntax | The grammatical arrangement of words |
Simile | Comparing two things using like or as |
Metaphor | Comparing two things with out using like or as |
Personification | Giving an object human characteristics that isn't human |
Hyperbole | A poem with exaggeration for emphasis |
Denotation | The literal meaning |
Connotation | The emotional meaning |
Speaker | The voice of a poem |
Form | the words/structure of the poem |
Meter | A regular pattern of rhythm |
Scansion | Way of charting stressed and unstressed syllables Stressed ` Unstressed ~ |
Foot | One stressed syllable and one or two unstressed ones |
Ode | Poem that highly praise something, usually formal and serious |
Elegy | A mournful poem |
Sonnet | A poem normally 14 lines, uses rhyme, expresses an idea |
Lyric Poetry | Brief poems in which the speakers share personal thoughts and feelings about a particular topic |
Dramatic Monologue | A poetic for in which a character reveals him/herself during the dramatic part |
Free verse | Opposite of traditional, doesn't follow any rules |
Figurative Language | Comparing two things, not literal, meant to describe |
Concrete Poem | Poet uses his/her words to create a poem in a shape/topic of the poem or the poem's meaning |