Poetry Definition
What do we call two rhyming lines of poetry?
Couplet
Identify the device being used:
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
Alliteration
Is this a run on sentence?
Ms. Hauprich is a cool teacher she lets us play Jeopardy.
Yes
Is the following verb active or passive?
The squirrel snatched my piece of pizza.
Active
What are you not allowed to put on your notecard?
ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT YOU WILL USE FOR YOUR PARAGRAPH
NO POETRY
NO QUOTE ANALYSIS
NO GRAMMAR
What is a grouped set of lines in a poem set off by indentation?
Stanza
"Smack" and "hiccup" are examples of
Onomatopoeia
Is the following sentence a run-on?
Montag went back to his house and he burned the whole place down.
No
How does past tense relate to passive verbs?
IT DOESN'T
If you were to join two independent clauses together, you would need to add a conjunction to make one of the clauses
Dependent
What is an onomatopoeia?
A word that imitates the sound it describes
Sight rhyme
What word do you usually need to add to a run-on sentence to make it grammatically correct?
A conjunction
How can you know a verb is passive?
When the subject has the action of the verb done to it
Meter is measured in small groups of syllables called
Feet
List three qualities of a sonnet
- 14 lines
- 8 line problem, 6 line resolution
- volta in 9th line
- Elizabethan/Shakespearean
- iambic pentameter
What kind of rhyme is "worm" and "swarm"?
Slant rhyme
Fix the following run-on:
Montag followed Faber and Clarisse, he decided to burn his house.
Montag followed Faber and Clarisse, *but* he decided to burn his house.
How can you know a verb is active?
If the subject does the action of the verb
What is the order of syllables in an iamb?
Unstressed then stressed
What is the difference between sight rhyme and slant rhyme?
Sight rhyme looks like it would rhyme but actually doesn't, while slant rhyme kind of sounds like it rhymes but does not rhyme perfectly
What kind of rhyme is "offer" and "proper"?
Slant rhyme
When two (or more) independent clauses are not properly joined by a conjunction (or other punctuation).
Is the verb in this sentence active or passive?
We were skipping with our hands in the air.
Active
What does "forced to show all, they soon become all show" mean?
When you have to make a big deal about showing how you feel, you start to become just a show and not really expressing your true emotions