Question 1

What is alliteration?

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Learn about a character by what he says (direct) or by what others observe him say or do (indirect)

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an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

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repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase

Question 2

What is allusion?

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an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

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Word choice, usually very specific to convey an emotion or message

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A hint of what will come

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The same consonant sound repeats itself within a group of words

Question 3

What is assonance?

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repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase

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Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen

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Say the opposite of what is meant

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The way word choice makes the reader feel

Question 4

What is characterization?

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Learn about a character by what he says (direct) or by what others observe him say or do (indirect)

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Where and when story/poem takes place

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The person speaking in the poem. Does not have to be the poet.

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Overview of the whole story/poem

Question 5

What is consonance?

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The same consonant sound repeats itself within a group of words

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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Comparison without “like” or “as’

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a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses

Question 6

What is diction?

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Word choice, usually very specific to convey an emotion or message

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Narrator cannot be trusted because he may have ulterior motives, be ill, or be insane

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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Life lesson of the poem/story

Question 7

What is End Rhyme?

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a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses

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the perspective from which a story or poem is told

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Say the opposite of what is meant

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understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

Question 8

What is foreshadowing?

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A hint of what will come

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

Question 9

What is internal rhyme?

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rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

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Comparison without “like” or “as’

Question 10

Irony-Dramatic

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understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

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Comparison without “like” or “as’

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Say the opposite of what is meant

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Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen

Question 11

Irony-Situational

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Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen

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The way word choice makes the reader feel

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understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

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Say the opposite of what is meant

Question 12

Irony-Verbal

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Say the opposite of what is meant

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understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters

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Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

Question 13

What is a metaphor?

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Comparison without “like” or “as’

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a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters

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Comparison with "Like" or "As"

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The way word choice makes the reader feel

Question 14

What is mood?

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The way word choice makes the reader feel

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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Life lesson of the poem/story

Question 15

What is narrative poetry?

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a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters

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Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas to emphasize a feeling

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Where and when story/poem takes place

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a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.

Question 16

What is Onomatopoeia?

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

Question 17

What is point of view?

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the perspective from which a story or poem is told

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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Overview of the whole story/poem

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Question 18

What is repetition?

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Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas to emphasize a feeling

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a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.

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The rhythmic beat is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

Question 19

What is rhyme?

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

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a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.

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Overview of the whole story/poem

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The rhythmic beat is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.

Question 20

What is rhyme scheme?

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a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

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The rhythmic beat is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.

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Comparison with “like” or “as”

Question 21

What is rhythm?

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The rhythmic beat is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.

Question 22

What is setting?

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Where and when story/poem takes place

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Comparison without "like" or "as"

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The person speaking in the poem. Does not have to be the poet.

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Comparison using "like" or "as"

Question 23

What is a simile?

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Comparison with “like” or “as

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Comparison without "like" or "as"

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Narrator cannot be trusted because he may have ulterior motives, be ill, or be insane

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

Question 24

What is a speaker?

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The person speaking in the poem. Does not have to be the poet.

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

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Overview of the whole story/poem

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Question 25

What is a summary?

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Overview of the whole story/poem

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

Question 26

What is suspense?

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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Life lesson of the poem/story

Question 27

What is symbolism?

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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Life lesson of the poem/story

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Narrator cannot be trusted because he may have ulterior motives, be ill, or be insane

Question 28

What is theme?

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Life lesson of the poem/story

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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Overview of the whole story/poem

Question 29

What is tone?

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

Question 30

What is tone?

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Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does

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The way word choice makes the reader feel

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a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters

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The way word choice makes the reader feel

Question 31

What is an unreliable narrator?

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Narrator cannot be trusted because he may have ulterior motives, be ill, or be insane

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Overview of the whole story/poem

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Life lesson of the poem/story

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an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

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