giving human characteristics to any animal, object or non human thing.
100
which era of poetry did Langston Hughes write during?
Harlem Renn
100
themes of feeling lost (physically or emotionally) and ex-patriot feelings are related to which era
Modernism
100
If a poem has 2 stanza's with a rhyming pattern of AABA AABC. Is this a "rhyming poem"?
No
100
How many syllables are in each line of a haiku
5,7,5
200
The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words is called?
assonance
200
What era of poetry did Robert Frost write during
Modernism
200
The era of poetry which was most concerned with one's inner thoughts and feelings is
Romanticism
200
"where wretchedness will hang its head"
personification
200
which type of poetry is defined as more conversational? Free Verse or Rhymed Verse
Free Verse
300
a comparison WITHOUT using like or as
metaphor
300
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson are connected to which poetry era
transcendentalism
300
Why is it called 'the lost generation"?
the writers lost family during WWI battles
300
"he slept like a rock"
idiom
300
What is an acrostic poem?
spells a word with first letters of each line. poem is about whatever word the first letters spell.
400
Give an example on an onomatopoeia and define it.
the "sound" word that is spelled and appears like the sound it makes
400
Who coined the term "the lost generation"
Gertrude Stein
400
What types of themes would we see in post modernism literature
lack of form, no grammar, no style, questioning what already exists, rethinking problems we already have answers for, taboo topics, breaking the rules
400
"Thump Thump Thump went his foot on the floor"
onomatopoeia
400
Edward Lear is responsible for what type of poetry?
Limerick
500
Describe the difference between an idiom and a hyperbole
both are exaggerations, but an idiom is a phrase that is exaggerated in a way that is impossible. It is not literally what you meant.
Hyperbole: Its rained a foot of water today!
Idiom: it's raining cats and dogs!
500
Ernest Hemmingway made this era of poetry famous
Modernism/ "The Lost Generation"
500
list the eras IN ORDER
Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Regionalism, Modernism, Harlem Renn, Post Modernism