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- 1. Multiple Choice
A group of lines (similar to a paragraph) in a poem is called a...
Stanza
Line
Enjambment
Lineation
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is enjambment?
When a line in a poem ends in punctuation
When a line in a poem ends with no punctuation
When a line in a poem ryhmes with the line before
The way the speaker feels about the subject he/she is writing about
- 3. Multiple Choice
Read the poem pictured.
Why do you think the poet chose to make the last stanza shorter?
To show a shift in the tone from sad to happy
To show a shift in the tone from hopeful to problematic
To show a shift in the tone from silly to serious
To show a shift in the tone from angry to silly
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"AnnoyingExcitedCalmScary - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?HumorousPersuasiveAnxiousCheerful
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is a simile?
red as cherries🍒
when a sentence has multiple words that start with the same letter
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as
when objects or animals are acting like humans
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is personification?
when a sentence has multiple words that start with the same letter
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as
when objects or animals are acting like humans
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is a metaphor?
The world is a vampire 🧛♀️
when a sentence has multiple words that start with the same letter
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
a comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as
when objects or animals are acting like humans
- 9. Multiple Choice
Is there alliteration in this poem?
yes
no
- 10. Multiple Choice
Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
None of the Above
- 11. Multiple Choice
A dove moved silently above the waves.
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
None of the Above
- 12. Multiple Choice
A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
None of the Above
- 13. Multiple Choice
When you faltered, I wilted.
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
None of the Above
- 14. Multiple Choice
A poem WITHOUT fixed patterns of meter or rhyme scheme
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Sonnet
Ballad
- 15. Multiple Choice
A short, unrhymed Japanese poem with three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables.
Haiku
Ode
Lyric
Ballad
- 16. Multiple Choice
A poem that is written to a person, object, or event.
Ode
Ballad
Haiku
Lyric
- 17. Multiple Choice
The literary term "diction" refers to
the dictionary definition of a word
the way we speak
an author's choice of words
- 18. Multiple Choice
CHALLENGE: An author's diction can give us insight into how s/he feels about the topic; we refer to this as _____________. Furthermore, diction can cause the reader/listener to feel certain emotions, thereby creating a certain atmosphere; this we refer to as ______________.
(We covered these terms last week.)
opinion/tone
tone/mood
mood/evocation
- 19. Multiple Choice
What are words that imitate sounds?
onomatopoeia
personification
synonym
simile
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe narrator of a poem is called the ____________.SpeakerNarratorTalkerPoet
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhen an author uses an object or event to represent something deeper or beyond teh actual meaning of the object itselfimageryallusionsyntaxsymbolism
- 22. Multiple Choice
Poetry uses ____ devices like rhythm and rhyme.
Sound
Taste
Sight
Touch
- 23. Multiple Choice
Define "rhyme."
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as."
The repetition of a letter
The repetition of an ending sound.
- 24. Multiple Choice
What is the message of a poem called?
Imagery
Tone
Theme
Mood
- 25. Multiple Choice
This word describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem - the "beat."
Line
Stanza
Song
Rhythm
- 26. Multiple Choice
Define meter
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
A distance of 3 feet
A poem that consists of 3 lines
A pattern of rhyming that is required when composing Shakespearean sonnets
- 27. Multiple Choice
Define verse
Part of a song that is positioned before and after the chorus lines
A piece of poetry
A segment of Scripture in the Bible which is typically numbered for the reader's reference
Another term for a paragraph or stanza
- 28. Multiple ChoiceA brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book.AlliterationHyperboleAssonanceAllusion
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