Types of Poetry
Poetic Devices
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Types of Poetry
Random
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Which of the following is NOT a type of poetry we have discussed: a) ballad b) narrative c) ekphrastic d) sonnet
Trick question! We've discussed them all!
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An example of onomatopoeia would be: buzz! red hello what?
Buzz!
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What is a myth?
a story written by the Greeks or Romans about gods, goddesses, monsters, etc...
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What is narrative poetry?
poetry that tells a story
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Who is Icarus?
the man in Greek myth who flew to close to the sun
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Ekphrastic poetry is poetry about...
art
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Alliteration is...
when the first sounds of the words are the same
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What is a fable?
a story that teaches a lesson and uses animals for characters
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What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?
A soliloquy is a speech given while an actor is alone on stage expressing his/her thoughts. A monologue is a long speech given on stage.
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What is an urn? What was the poem we read about an urn?
a vase, Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
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Ballad poetry talks about...
sensational subject matter, or the supernatural
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internal rhyme occurs when...
a word in the middle of the line rhymes with one at the end
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What is a memoir?
a story about yourself based on memories
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How do we know a ballad is a ballad? What are the conventions of the poem?
omitted details, refrain, sensational, tabloid worthy, supernatural, songlike, rhythmic, etc
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What is the difference between blank verse and free verse?
Blank Verse: no rhyme, but in iambic pentameter free verse: no rhyme or meter
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pastoral poems discuss...
shepherds, countryside, idyllic life...etc
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An idiom is...
a saying that doesn't mean what you think it means...
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What is a frame story?
a story within which other stories are told
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Who wrote The Canterbury Tales and what kind of poem is it?
Geoffrey Chaucer and narrative
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What are the two types of sonnets we looked at in class?
Petrarchan and Shakespearean
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carpe diem means
seize the day! Live life to the fullest!
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personification is....
when an inanimate object is given human characteristics
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Random!!! Who painted The Old Guitarist?
Picasso!!
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What was the name of the ekphrastic poem we read in class and who wrote it?
Musee des Beaux Artes by W. H. Auden or Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
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What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet?
abab cdcd efef gg
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