Poetry Definitions
Two rhyming lines of poetry is a
Couplet
What device is used here?
Sally sold Susan several sweaters.
Alliteration
Which theme is most clearly embodied in Jem's line: "Can't anybody tell what I'm gonna do lest they know me, can they, Scout?"
The somebody theme/climbing into someone's skin
What kind of rhyme is "proved" and "loved"?
Who says: "She was a lady. She had her own views about things... she was the bravest person I ever knew"?
Atticus
The repetition of vowel sounds in words in close proximity is called ______________
Assonance
Is the following an example of assonance or consonance?
He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Consonance
When does Scout say "That Tom Swift book ain't mine, it's Dill's"?
Give the rhyme scheme of these words:
crash, flash, great, splash, slate, trash, skate, year
AABABABC
Why does Jack put on the mask?
It allows him to hunt because he is free from shame/self-consciousness
Meter is the ___________ of _____________ in a line of poetry
Pattern; syllables
What kind of rhyme is "tough" and "cough"?
Sight rhyme
Whose interpretation of fear is embodied when Maurice distracts the littluns by making them laugh?
Jack's
List three qualities of a sonnet
14 lines
8 line octave, 6 line sestet
volta in 9th line
iambic pentameter
Elizabethan/Shakespearean
Which scene is reflected/recalled in the following interaction:
Dill: "I figure if he'd come sit a spell with us he might feel better"
Scout: "How do you know he don't feel good?"
The turtle moment
What is the difference between consonance and alliteration?
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds throughout words in close proximity
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the *beginning* of words in close proximity
Men sell the wedding bells
Assonance
What does the conch shell represent?
Order
The teenager is a voracious lion that eats everything in sight.
What device is this an example of?
Metaphor
Calpurnia reprimands Scout for not treating Walter like company. This is an early example of Scout learning what it truly means to be a ________
Lady
What is the difference between sight rhyme and slant rhyme?
Slant rhyme sort of rhymes but not perfectly
What kind of rhyme is "frozen" and "ocean"?
Slant rhyme
Why did Golding choose to compare the beast to a "great ape?"
An ape is something almost human but still animalistic and savage
An iamb is a __________ syllable followed by a ____________ syllable
Unstressed / stressed
Maybe there is a beast.... maybe it's _______ _______... he became inarticulate in his effort to express ____________ ____________ __________
only us; mankind's essential illness