the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry is called_______.
What is alliteration?
100
Comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
"I walked 5,000 miles to school." This is an example of ________.
What is hyperbole?
100
The speaker in Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" compares the word to what?
What is a stage?
100
The pattern of rhyme in a poem is called ______.
What is a rhyme scheme.
200
words that echo or imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Direct comparison.
What is metaphor?
200
The idea that a man lives his life in seven parts is an example of what poetic device?
What is extended metaphor?
200
Which American poet uses dashes frequently in his/her poetry?
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
The number of lines in a sonnet.
What is 14?
300
Consonance can be defined as _______________.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words in a line of poetry.
300
This stands for something else.
What is symbol?
300
"PLEASURE" and "LEISURE" are examples of what type of rhyme?
What is feminine rhyme?
300
Who are two African American poets that use poetry to write about racial inequality?
Who are Langston Hughes and Paul Lawrence Dunbar?
300
A villanelle poem contains ___ lines
What are 19 lines?
400
A stanza in a villanelle poem that contains three lines is called______.
What is a tercet?
400
The feeling in a literary work.
What is mood?
400
"Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears.? This contains what poetic device?
What is consonance?
400
This poem emphasizes that we are all connected.
What is "Remember" by Joy Harjo.
400
Meter is:
What is an arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses.
500
How is assonance defined?
What is the repetition of vowel sounds in a word containing two or more syllables?
500
Figurative or descriptive language in a poem is _________.
What is imagery?
500
In "The Secret" Denise Levertov shows two girls discovering the secret of life in a line of poetry, yet the author of the poem does not know what this secret is. This is an example of ___________.
What is paradox?
500
Shakespeare's sonnet that tells us his love is unattractive is called ____________.
What is Sonnet 130 or "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun"?
500
Iambic pentameter can be defined as:
What is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?