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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Which type of poetry is tells a long story about gods and heroes? | epic |
| 2. Which type of poetry involves the techniques of plays (dialogue, monologues, etc.)? | dramatic |
| 3. Which type of poetry is a highly musical verse that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet? | lyric |
| 4. Which type of poetry tells a story? | narrative |
| 5. The earliest form of narrative poetry is known as: | ballad |
| 6. The MOST significant tool in identifying the meaning of a poem is a poem’s: | title |
| 7. The formal division of lines in a poem refers to a poem’s type of: | stanza |
| 8. A poem's rhythmical pattern is known as the poem's: | meter |
| 9. The pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language is known as a poems’: | rhythm |
| 10. A group of weak and strong stresses, or beats, in a line of poetry is known as a(n): | foot |
| 11. The pattern of rhymes in a poem is known as a poem’s: | rhyme scheme |
| 12. The repetition of a consonant sound at the end of words in a line of poetry is known as: (Ex: I DON'T WANT a BENT chair.) | consonance |
| 13. The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words in a line of poetry is known as: (Ex: A GENEROUS helping of GEORGIA JAM will make me JUMP for JOY!) | alliteration |
| 14. The use of words that imitate the sounds they represent is known as: (Ex: The snow CRUNCHED under my feet as the school bell CLANGED.) | onomatopoeia |
| 15. The repetition of a vowel sound within words in a line of poetry is known as: (Ex: No one would GREET the MEAN THIEF in the STREET.) | assonance |
| 16. A two-line stanza of poetry is called a(n): | couplet |
| 17. To describe his surprise, Mark Twain once wrote, “I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." ("Old Times on the Mississippi") This quote contains a fair example of” | hyperbole |
| 18. The sea took a deep breath before racing to the shore and embracing the sandy beach. This is a fair example of: | personification |
| 19. As David did to Goliath, the underdog shocked everyone and vanquished its seemingly insuperable opponent. This is a fair example of: | allusion |
| 20. The fresh snow was an ornate and flowing blanket atop a frigid earth. This is a fair example of: | metaphor |
| 21. The rooster, like a fowl alarm clock, woke me at sunrise. This is a fair example of: | simile |
| 22. Imagery involves the use of sensory details to appeal to the senses of a reader. Sensory details are most important when describing which of the 4 C’s of literature? | containment |
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