Figuratively Speaking
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Types of Poems
Farewell, Sweet Prince
100
This figure of speech uses the word "like" or "as" to compare two seemingly unlike things. "And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea."
What is a simile?
100
This is a tool used by an author who wants to make a connection for a reader based on previous knowledge - typically, a Biblical, Greek, Roman, Folk, or literary reference.
What is an Allusion?
100
This type of verse consists of five feet of two syllables - each following the rhythm of unstressed - stressed. "But soft what light through yonder window breaks"
What is iambic pentameter?
100
This type of poetry is only 3 lines (the first = 5 syllables, the second = 7, third = 5) "An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, Splash! Silence again."
What is a haiku?
100

Polonius sent this character to spy on Laertes at the start of Act II.

Who is Reynaldo?

200
This form of figurative language subtly and deeply associates two unlike things by asserting that one thing IS another and forcing the reader to consider the total comparison. (i.e. "He has a heart of stone.")
What is a metaphor?
200
This term refers to the way that words are arranged to make a sentence.
What is Syntax?
200
This type of foot consists of two unstressed syllables, followed by a stressed syllable.
What is an Anapest?
200
This proudly-named rhyming pair of lines generally is written in iambic pentameter and ends many sonnets.
What is a heroic couplet?
200
This character spoke the line: "Oh, that this too too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!"
Who is Hamlet?
300
This type of figurative language gives the attributes of a human being to an animal, object, or concept.
What is Personification?
300
This is the use of over-exaggeration in order to create an emphasis or be humorous.
What is hyperbole?
300
A line of 4 feet - each consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables - would be called this.
What is Dactyllic Tetrameter?
300
This type of poem consists of 14 lines of iambic pentameter with the following rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg.
What is an English (Shakespearean) sonnet?
300
This character archetype contrasts with another character - usually a protagonist - to highlight particular qualities of the other character. This character is not necessarily an antagonist and can even be a partner to the protagonist.
What is a Foil?
400
This is a substitution of a part of something for the whole or the whole for one of the parts. i.e. Car as "wheels"
What is Synecdoche?
400
Words, phrases, or hints in a text that set the stage for something to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
This line of text has 4 of this type of foot: "Double, double, toil and Trouble."
What is a Troche?
400
This type of verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
400
This speech in Shakespeare is often used to disclose a character's innermost thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
500
This form of figurative language is similar to personification. It consists in addressing someone absent, dead, or nonhuman as if that person or thing were alive and present and could reply to what is being said. i.e. "O eloquent, just, and mighty Death!"; "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
What is Apostrophe?
500
This is a recurring element that has symbolic significance in the story (i.e. "The Garden" is a common one in Shakespeare.)
What is a Motif?
500
This type of foot consists of two consecutive unstressed syllables.
What is pyrrhic?
500
This type of poem is typically anapestic in nature, consists of 5 lines, and is often humorous or obscene. i.e. "There was an old man from Nantucket Who kept all his cash in a bucket. His daughter, called Nan, Ran away with a man, And as for the bucket, Nantucket."
What is a Limerick?
500
This is a section of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by other characters on stage, intended only for the audience.
What is an aside?
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