Question 1

What is Alliteration?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

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The vowel sounds repetition

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No repitition of consonant sounds

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The stressed syllable

Question 2

What is Assonance?

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Repetition of vowel sounds without the repetition of consonants

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No repetition of vowel sounds

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Words end with the same consonant

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Each word rhyme

Question 3

What is Ballad?

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A poem in verse that tells a story

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No story to tell

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It is not written in verse

Question 4

What is blank verse?

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An unrhymed form of poetry  that normally consists of ten syllables in which every other syllable, beginning with the second, is stressed.

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It does not consist of ten syllables in which every othr syllable, beginning with the second, is stressed.

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It does not follow any kind of written pattern.

Question 5

What is caesura?

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A pause of sudden break in a line of poetry.

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There is no pause between lines of poetry.

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It is a novel.

Question 6

What is canto?

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A main division of a long poem.

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It is a cinquain.

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It is a short poem.

Question 7

What is consonance?

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The repetition of consonant sounds. Although it is similar to alliteration, consonance is not limited to the first letters of words.

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It is the same as a cinquain.

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It is like a simile.

Question 8

What is Couplet?

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Two lines of verse of the same lenght that usually rhyme.

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It is a poem.

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It is a comparison with as.

Question 9

What is Metaphor?

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A comparison that does not include the  words like or as.

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It uses the words like or as.

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It is an affirmative sentence.

Question 10

What is a simile?

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A comparison that includes the words as and like.

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It is a negative sentence in the simple present.

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It is a sentence in the past.

Question 11

Choose the simile

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She is busy like a bee.

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She is busy all day.

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My computer is slow.

Question 12

What is hyperbole?

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Extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

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It is a novel.

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It is free verse.

Question 13

What is personification?

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The act of giving human qualities to  animals or inanimate objects.

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It is a haiku poem.

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It is about warriors.

Question 14

What is an idiom?

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An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words.

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It is a quatrain.

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A form of poem.

Question 15

What is an onomatopoeia?

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A word whose sound suggests its meaning.

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It is a blank verse.

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It is a stanza.

Question 16

What is an understatement?

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A statement that is weakened to convey a stronger meaning.

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It is a joke.

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It uses the words like and as.

Question 17

What is imagery?

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It is a vivid description that includes details that appeal to the senses.

Question 18

What is a cliché?

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It is an expression or phrase used so often it becomes stale and loses meaning.

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It is a meaning of stanza.

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It is a poem written in ABAB pattern.

Question 19

What is a symbol?

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An object that stands for an idea.

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It is a negative sentence.

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It is a paragraph.

Question 20

What is a pun?

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It is a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meaning, or of words with the same sound but different meaning.

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It is a poem.

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It is a sonnet.

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