Poetry Basics
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- Q1What is poetry?Words written in paragraphs which are emotiveAn emotional feelingWords written in stanzas with pattern, rhythm and/or rhymeA picture drawn from words30s
- Q2What is prose?Writing in paragraphsA famous writerA movementWriting in lines and stanzas30s
- Q3What is a stanza?Group of lines grouped by their rhythmical patternAnother name for a poemPoetic performanceA paragraph30s
- Q4What is alliteration?Repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close togetherTwo or more words together that start with the same soundDescribing an object with human qualitiesTwo words which have the same meaning30s
- Q5'The fire was raging like a lion.' What is this an example of?AlliterationMetaphorAnalogySimile30s
- Q6He was a speeding bullet. What is this an example of?OnomatopoeiaSimileMetaphorAssonance30s
- Q7The sausages sizzled in the frying pan. What is this an example of?MetaphorOnomatopoeiaSimileAssonance30s
- Q8What is assonance?Two or more words together that start with the same soundRhyming wordsWords which have opposite meaningsThe repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence30s
- Q9What is an allusion?Device used to connect stanzas in a poemReference to famous historical or literary writingsDescribing an object with human qualitiesPoem written about a dream30s
- Q10What is blank verse?A verse which does not rhyme and has ten syllables in each lineA poem with only one stanzaA stanza which contains rhyming coupletsA verse which does not rhyme and has only five lines30s