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- Q 1/17Score 0Any writing that uses words for their sound as well as their meaning29Poetry
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- Q1Any writing that uses words for their sound as well as their meaningPoetry30s
- Q2Opposite of Poetry (Simple, direct language). Examples: Lord of the Flies, "The Lottery"Prose30s
- Q3the pace of a poem's stressed and unstressed syllables as measured through meter (e.g. iambic pentameter)Rhythm30s
- Q4Pattern of Rhymes (example a Shakespearean sonnet has ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme schemeRhyme Scheme30s
- Q5has no set meter or rhyme scheme (ee cummings' "One" for example)Free verse30s
- Q6a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verseStanza30s
- Q7Repetition of initial consonant soundsAlliteration30s
- Q8Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximityAssonance30s
- Q9word that makes sound of action. (boom pow)Onomotopia30s
- Q10Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis (e.g. "Nevermore" in "The Raven")Repetition30s
- Q11A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary."Internal rhyme30s
- Q12A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetryMeter*30s
- Q13A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. "Perched upon a bust of Pallis," is an allusion to Athena Greek Mythology. "Plutonian Shore" is an allusion to Hades.Allusion30s
- Q14a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work. The persecution of innocent people is a constant theme of To Kill a MockingbirdTheme30s
- Q15A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line.End Rhyme30s
