POETRY TERMS #1 Test
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| A. Poetry that expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts or feelingsB. A story told in verse that is by an unknown author and meant to be sung (A type of narrative poetry)C. The repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together, in a group of words (free and easy; mad as a hatter)D. When alliteration occurs within words (sunshine and shadow)E. The most common verse line in English poetry consisting of five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllableF. A summary or recapitulation of a piece of literatureG. A fourteen-line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter with a set rhyme scheme; Two types: Shakespearean sonnet (or English sonnet); Petrarchan sonnet (or Italian sonnet)H. An extended comparison showing the similarities between two thingI. A fourteen-line lyric poem consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ggJ. A writer’s choice of words (particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precisionK. The pattern of rhymes in a poemL. Language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense; saying one thing in terms of anotherM. A group of lines forming a unit in poemN. A story (a narrative poem) told in verse and usually meant to be sungO. Poetry that has no fixed meter or pattern and that depends on natural speech rhythms; it may rhyme or it may not; its lines may be of different lengthsP. A story told in verse in which a known writer imitates a folk balladQ. A word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanzaR. The return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature (as seen in alliteration, rhyme, refrain)S. When the words at the ends of lines rhyme exactlyT. The use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or in meaning |
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