Question 1

Define narrative

Accepted Answer

poem that tells a story

Question 2

What is a sonnet?

Accepted Answer

14-line poem w/ 3 quatrains and 1 couplet (Eng. version)

Question 3

What is free verse?

Accepted Answer

anything goes (no structure, no spelling required, using poetic license)

Question 4

What is a limerick?

Accepted Answer

funny verse with 3 long and 2 short lines rhyming

Question 5

What is lyrical poetry?

Accepted Answer

poems that can be set to music (and lyrics can be analyzed as poetry)

Question 6

What is an ode in poetry?

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usually set in a formal tone, meant to honor someone (addresses a particular subject)

Question 7

What is a haiku?

Accepted Answer

A 3-line Japanese poem, usually about nature (5, 7, 5 syllables)

Question 8

What is form or structure in poetry?

Accepted Answer

All poems except free verse (poems are in a specific structure or form; considered formal poetry)

Question 9

What is a stanza?

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like a paragraph in poetry / break between lines in poetry

Question 10

What is "theme" in poetry?

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Usually the lesson learned (universal human traits / characteristics) - main message the poem expresses

Question 11

What is "voice" or "speaker" or "point of view" of poetry?

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A poem's speaker (not the narrator) - can be a person, place, or thing

Question 12

What is "audience" in poetry?

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Whom the speaker of the poem is talking to

Question 13

What is "tone" in poetry?

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Author's attitude towards subject (pos, neg, neutral)

Question 14

What is "mood" of poetry?

Accepted Answer

The general feeling YOU get from a poem - what do you infer?

Question 15

What is a poetic license?

Accepted Answer

The ability to do whatever you want in poetry (usually free verse too). You don't have to spell anything correctly, not use grammar, etc. (anything goes)

Question 16

What is alliteration?

Accepted Answer

repeating of consonant sounds

Question 17

What is assonance?

Accepted Answer

repeating of vowel sounds

Question 18

What is repetition?

Accepted Answer

Repeating words / phrases over and over for emphasis

Question 19

What is rhyme?

Accepted Answer

Words that either rhyme at the beginning, middle, or end of words

Question 20

What is Onomatopoeia?

Accepted Answer

words that sound like their meaning

Question 21

What is rhyme scheme?

Accepted Answer

The LAST word of each line is rhyming in a certain pattern

Question 22

What is metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Comparing 2 things without using like or as

Question 23

What is simile?

Accepted Answer

Comparing 2 things BY using like or as

Question 24

What is imagery?

Accepted Answer

What are some of the visual ideas that are written in the poem (i.e. what are some of the “pictures” that are painted with words? - visual picture)

Question 25

What is an allusion?

Accepted Answer

References another literary text like a movie, TV show, etc.

Question 26

What is hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

Extreme exaggeration

Question 27

What is sensory appeal?

Accepted Answer

Part of imagery and the words the poet uses to activate your 5 senses

Question 28

What is personification?

Accepted Answer

Putting human qualifications into inanimate objects

Question 29

What is symbolism?

Accepted Answer

symbols that could mean something other than literally translated

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