Sound Devices
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
These make direct comparisons by stating that one thing is another.
What are metaphors?
This form of poem comes in two types, Italian and English.
What is sonnet?
Which of these phrases from "Jazz Fantasia" contains an example of onomatopoeia?
a. make two people fight b. go husha-husha-hush c. the green lanterns calling
d. a racing car slipping away
b. go husha-husha-hush
Which of the following words is a synonym for melancholy?
a. kind b. sad c. familiar d. lively
b. sad
An actual or invented word that imitates the sound of what it names or describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
This type of poem may use rhyme, sound devices, meter, and varied stanzas, but does not follow a fixed pattern.
What is free verse?
Which of the following lines from "Glory" is an example of a simile?
a. Most were married teenagers b. They were all Jackie Robinson c. The men were like cats d. Runners hit the dirt
c. The men were like cats
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to the word eternal?
a. powerful b. fatal c. endless d. brief
c. endless
This kind of rhyme uses words with similar, but not exact, end sounds.
What is slant rhyme?
These make direct comparisons between unlike things using as or like.
What are similes?
What is tanka?
By the end of "The Bridegroom," what conclusion can you draw about Natasha and the bridegroom?
a. Natasha saw the bridegroom murder another girl. b. Natasha is mistaken in her fear of the bridegroom. c. The bridegroom will help Natasha recover from her frightening dream. d. The bridegroom is already married to someone else.
a. Natasha saw the bridegroom murder another girl.
In which of the following situations would a person be most likely to experience a sense of foreboding?
a. when planning a surprise birthday party for a close friend b. when walking alone down a dark, deserted street c. when sitting in a dark theater waiting for a movie to begin d. when packing for a long anticipated vacation
b. when walking alone down a dark, deserted street
This is the repetition of vowel sounds within stressed syllables that end in different consonant sounds.
What is assonance?
This is the emotional associations a word evokes.
What is connotation?
This type of poetry tells a story, with a plot, characters, and setting.
What is narrative poetry?
What is the speaker in "Meeting at Night" doing?
a. rowing down a stream b. going to meet his lover c. fishing in a lake d. finding his way home
b. going to meet his lover
Which of the following words is a synonym for keenest?
a. dullest b. sharpest c. coldest d. calmest
b. sharpest
This is the repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables that have different vowel sounds.
This is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This type of poetry expresses the feelings of a single speaker, using melodic language, imagery, rhythm, and sound devices to express emotions.
What is lyric poetry?
According to the speaker of Sonnet 18, where will his beloved remain young and beautiful forever?
a. in his memory of her b. in his dreams about her c. in his painting of her d. in his poem about her
d. in his poem about her
Which of the following words is a synonym for countenance?
a. smile b. face c. figure d. spirit
b. face