Types of Poetry
Which poem has an ABA rhyme scheme for the first 5 tercets, 19 lines, and an ABAA rhyme scheme for the last tercet?
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Villanelle
A statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer is a _____________.
Rhetorical Question
An academic word meaning certain to happen, unavoidable, or impossible to prevent.
Inevitable
An author addressing the diminishing panther population by explaining the reasons for the decline and offering suggestions for improving the species' survival rate is using which text structure?
Problem and solution
What does a river represent?
Life; Flow of time
Haiku
Writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five senses is called _________.
Imagery
An academic word meaning extremely difficult, tiring, and requiring a great deal of physical or mental exertion.
Arduous
An article explaining the effects of increasing construction on the habitats of endangered species is using which text structure?
Cause and Effect
What does a wheel represent?
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A complete cycle
This poem has five lines, an AABBA rhyme scheme, and the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme together.
Limerick
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
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Allusion
An academic word meaning something that suggests or indicates that something bad, unpleasant, or dangerous is going to happen.
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Ominous
An author who writes an article about the evolutionary history of the Florida panther and organizes significant historical events based on the corresponding year each occurred is using which organizational structure?
Chronological Order
What does water or fire represent?
Purification
This poem is an open poetic form that abandons traditional meter and rhyme schemes, favoring the natural rhythms of speech.
Free Verse
The presentation of a things with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect; an understatement.
Meiosis
An academic word that describes an unhealthy, excessive interest in unpleasant subjects, like death and disease.
Morbid
An instructional guide that provided a detailed explanation of how to assemble a model Florida panther step-by-step is using which oranizational pattern?
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Sequence
What does the rising sun represent?
Differentiate between an ode and an elegy.
An elegy specifically commemorates the deceased. An ode praises a person or thing.
A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated. For example, the pen is mightier than the sword.
Metonymy
An academic word that describes a situation which has multiple possible meanings, leading to uncertainty.
Ambiguous.
A story about panthers is organized into four sections. Each section describes a different characteristic of a panther. Which organizational structure is being used?
Description
What does a circle represent?
Unity