Poetry Techniques

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Poetry Techniques

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1. What is alliteration? *

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A direct comparison saying something is something that it isn’t:

The repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds

The repetition of the same letter or consonant sounds at any place, but often at the beginning of words.

Comparing two things together using like or as

2. What is a metaphor? *

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A direct comparison saying something is something that it isn’t:

The repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds

The repetition of the same letter or consonant sounds at any place, but often at the beginning of words.

Comparing two things together using like or as

3. What is a simile? *

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A direct comparison saying something is something that it isn’t:

The repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds

The repetition of the same letter or consonant sounds at any place, but often at the beginning of words.

Comparing two things together using like or as

4. What is assonance? *

1 point

A direct comparison saying something is something that it isn’t:

The repetition or a pattern of the same vowel sounds

The repetition of the same letter or consonant sounds at any place, but often at the beginning of words.

Comparing two things together using like or as

5. "buzz, hiss, zing, clippety-clop, pop, splat, thump, tick-tock" are all examples of which technique? *

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Imagery

Onomatopoeia

Personification

6. "She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of which technique? *

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Assonance

Simile

Alliteration

7. "the waves were as ferocious as a dragon" is an example of which technique? *

1 point

Assonance

Simile

Alliteration

8. "How now brown cow" is an example of which technique? *

1 point

Assonance

Simile

Alliteration

9. What is a couplet? *

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In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and the last word of each line rhymes

A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the following line or stanza.

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.

It’s what we call a paragraph in another piece of writing. It is sometimes referred to as a verse.

A pause in a line of poetry. It will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line but can also occur at the beginning or the end of a line and is marked using punctuation.

10. What is a stanza? *

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In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and the last word of each line rhymes

A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the following line or stanza.

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.

It’s what we call a paragraph in another piece of writing. It is sometimes referred to as a verse.

A pause in a line of poetry. It will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line but can also occur at the beginning or the end of a line and is marked using punctuation.

11. What is a refrain? *

1 point

In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and the last word of each line rhymes

A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the following line or stanza.

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.

It’s what we call a paragraph in another piece of writing. It is sometimes referred to as a verse.

A caesura is a pause in a line of poetry. It will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line but can also occur at the beginning or the end of a line and is marked using punctuation.

12. What is enjambement? *

1 point

In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and the last word of each line rhymes

A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the following line or stanza.

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.

It’s what we call a paragraph in another piece of writing. It is sometimes referred to as a verse.

A pause in a line of poetry. It will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line but can also occur at the beginning or the end of a line and is marked using punctuation.

13. What is caesura? *

1 point

In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and the last word of each line rhymes

A line ending in which the sense continues, with no punctuation, into the following line or stanza.

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.

It’s what we call a paragraph in another piece of writing. It is sometimes referred to as a verse.

A pause in a line of poetry. It will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line but can also occur at the beginning or the end of a line and is marked using punctuation.

14. What does this definition describe: Using language to create a picture in the reader’s mind *

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Imagery

Hyperbole

Rhyme

Rhyme Scheme

15. What does this definition describe: The pattern that is made by the rhyme within each stanza or verse.It could be abba or abab or abca. *

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Imagery

Hyperbole

Rhyme

Rhyme Scheme

16. What does this definition describe: A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis. *

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Imagery

Hyperbole

Rhyme

Rhyme Scheme

17. What does this definition describe: The use of words with matching sounds, usually at the end of a line. *

1 point

Imagery

Hyperbole

Rhyme

Rhyme Scheme

18. "Slowly, the hissing snake slid its softly shimmering coils across the surfaces." is an example of which technique? *

1 point

Oxymoron

Personification

Sibilance

19. "the sky is crying, dead leaves danced in the wind, blind justice." is an example of which technique? *

1 point

Oxymoron

Personification

Sibilance

20. "A deafening silence fell upon the city as the aliens descended." is an example of which technique? *

1 point

Oxymoron

Personification

Sibilance

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