Definitions
Alliteration
Definitions
Poets
Poets
100
the repetition of consonant sounds a the beginning of a word
What is Alliteration
100
April ate an apple.
What is April ate an apple.
100
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
What is couplet
100
“Words” is a poem written by….
What is Sylvia Plath
100
Ralph Waldo Emerson was the son of….
What is Ruth Haskins
200
a repeated line of a poem at the end of the poem
What is Refrain
200
J.T. just jumped off the roof.
What is J.T. just jumped.
200
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
What is elegy
200
T.S. Eliot wrote…
What is “The Wasteland” “Four Quartets”
200
In “Words” a tree could refer to…
What is A person, Emotion
300
Group of lines forming a verse
What is a Stanza.
300
Savannah sang a song about surfing.
What is Savannah sang song surfing.
300
a slow sentimental or romantic song.
What is a ballad
300
Walt Whitman was born in…
What is West Hills, NY
300
One of Walt Whitman’s occupations was also a….
What is a nurse
400
joke that exploits the possible meanings of a word
What is a pun
400
Aarron anticipated returning to school.
What is Aarron anticipated
400
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play.
What is a soliloquoy
400
Walt Whitman wrote this style of poetry…
What is Free Verse
400
“In the ancient pond A frog leaps – and then the splash Of all that water.” The above is an example of which kind of poem?
What is a haiku
500
a poem without rhyme.
What is Free verse
500
Brodee bought a dirt bike.
What is Brodee bought bike.
500
a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing
What is an anthology
500
The poem “After Fifty Years” was written by
What is William Faulkner
500
Groups of lines that form divisions in a poem
What is a stanza?
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