What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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What US historical icon and former president was once arrested for defecating in public?
Abraham Lincoln
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Jim Balsille, owner and CEO of what major company, wants to move the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton, Ontario?
Blackberry
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A poem telling the story of the death of the poet's child is what kind of poetry?
Narrative.
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"Twilight entered my room like a red lion" is an example of what literary term?"
Simile
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Petrarchan sonnets are separated into what kind of stanzas?
An octave and a sestet (sextet).
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The Amarekaire cannibals of Peru have 17 distinct ways of cooking this human body part.
The head.
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What popular reality TV star was kicked off his own show this weekend?
Jon Gossellin
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A poem that uses vivid imagery, such as the line, "Eternity becomes the cry of the gull in the dawn," is an example of what kind of poetry?
Descriptive.
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"Inside, a semi-precious bumblebee mysteriously hums above a plastic flower" is an example of what literary term?
Onomatopoeia
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Writers often use the stanzas of a Petrarchan sonnet in two different ways, or for two different purposes. What are they?
The octave may ask questions that the sestet answers, or the sestet may refute points raised in the octave.
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What popular board game is banned in North Korea?
Checkers.
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Winners of what major internationally recognized awards were announced earlier last week?
The Nobel Prize awards
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Rosalie Fowler's 'This Morning I Sat' is a poem about contemplating whether the speaker lives life more like a passive bird or an aggressive cat. What type of poetry is this most likely to be?
Reflective.
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"Swiftly down the halls we marched" is an example of what literary device?
Anastrophe
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What do the terms 'iambic' and 'pentameter' mean?
Iambic means the meter is created by iambs or pairs of unstressed/stressed syllables. Pentameter means there are five iambs per line of poetry.
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According to Dr. Seuss, 'Abraham' is the never-heard first name of which of his literary characters?
The Cat in the Hat
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The world's largest skateboard park, which cost $1.7 million, is set to open in what Canadian city?
Toronto
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'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep' by Mary E. Frye is an emotionally charged poem spoken from the point of view of someone who has recently died. Such a moving piece is generally what type of poetry?
Lyric.
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My hopes were dashed, gone like the lost city of Atlantis" is an example of what two literary terms?
Simile and allusion
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Why are Italian sonnets also referred to as Petrarchan?
They are named for Franceso Petrarch, who wrote over 300 sonnets in Italian style to a woman named Laura.
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Roman emperor Julius Caesar was afflicted with two extra parts of his body. What were they?
Toes (he had 12).
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According to urban legends as well as an upcoming action movie, the end of the world is predicted for what date in the next five years?
December 12, 2012 (12/12/12)
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This type of poet uses craft and subtlety to avoid patronizing or preaching to his/her audience.
Didactic.
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"Eternity becomes the black brick breaking the fragile glass of my spirit" uses what two literary devices?"