Poetry review
Quiz by Scott Moran
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- Q1
What is alliteration?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Learn about a character by what he says (direct) or by what others observe him say or do (indirect)
an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase
30s - Q2
What is allusion?
an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
Word choice, usually very specific to convey an emotion or message
A hint of what will come
The same consonant sound repeats itself within a group of words
30s - Q3
What is assonance?
Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen
repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase
Say the opposite of what is meant
The way word choice makes the reader feel
30s - Q4
What is characterization?
Where and when story/poem takes place
The person speaking in the poem. Does not have to be the poet.
Overview of the whole story/poem
Learn about a character by what he says (direct) or by what others observe him say or do (indirect)
30s - Q5
What is consonance?
The same consonant sound repeats itself within a group of words
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Comparison without “like” or “as’
a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses
30s - Q6
What is diction?
Word choice, usually very specific to convey an emotion or message
Narrator cannot be trusted because he may have ulterior motives, be ill, or be insane
Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does
Life lesson of the poem/story
30s - Q7
What is End Rhyme?
the perspective from which a story or poem is told
Say the opposite of what is meant
a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses
understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters
30s - Q8
What is foreshadowing?
A hint of what will come
an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does
30s - Q9
What is internal rhyme?
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line
rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line
Comparison without “like” or “as’
30s - Q10
Irony-Dramatic
Comparison without “like” or “as’
understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters
Say the opposite of what is meant
Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen
30s - Q11
Irony-Situational
The way word choice makes the reader feel
understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters
Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen
Say the opposite of what is meant
30s - Q12
Irony-Verbal
understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters
Say the opposite of what is meant
Opposite of what is expected to happen does happen
the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line
30s - Q13
What is a metaphor?
Comparison without “like” or “as’
a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters
Comparison with "Like" or "As"
The way word choice makes the reader feel
30s - Q14
What is mood?
Attitude expressed through what speaker or character says or does
The way word choice makes the reader feel
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
Life lesson of the poem/story
30s - Q15
What is narrative poetry?
a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters
Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas to emphasize a feeling
Where and when story/poem takes place
a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.
30s