Sonnets
Ballads
Poetic Form
Conventions 1.0
Conventions 2.0
100
What are the two types of sonnets we learned about?
What is Petrarchan and Shakespearian
100
What are ballads famous for?
What is their rhythm.
100
What is this type of poem called? And what is 1 identifying element of this type of poem? There was an old man with a beard Who said, "it’s just how I feared! Two owls and a hen Four larks and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard.
What is a limerick. The last word in lines 1, 2, and 5 must rhyme and contain 8-9 syllables each. The last word in lines 3 and 4 must rhyme and contain 5-6 syllables each.
100
What is a stanza? What does stanza mean in Italian?
What is stanza means “little room” in Italian and is a group of lines in a poem that sometimes have a fixed rhyme scheme, meter, length, a verse.
100
These are examples of what? (Give the definition too) I’ve told you a million times. It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets. She is so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.
What is hyperbole, an extreme and humorous exaggeration.
200
What are the other names for the two types of sonnets we learned about?
What is Italian and English
200
Ballads traditionally recount what 3 types of stories?
What is tragic, heroic, and comedic.
200
What is this type of poem called? And what is 1 identifying element of this type of poem? The red blossom bends And drips its dew to the ground Like a tear it falls
What is Haiku Line 1: 5 syllables Line 2: 7 syllables Line 3: 5 syllabes Rarely rhyme
200
What are the 3 types of rhyme patterns we talked about in class?
What is Couplets, Internal Rhyme, End Rhyme.
200
This is an example of what? (Give the definition too) Trees danced in the wind, waltzing and tangoing to their own beat. Shadows crept along the wall, threatening to pounce.
What is Personification, giving something human qualities.
300
What is the history of the two types of sonnets we learned about? (Who and where?)
What is Francesco Petrarch created the Petrarchan Sonnet in Italy, and William Shakespeare created the Shakespearian sonnet in England.
300
Ballads are composed of four lined stanzas. What are these four-lined stanzas called?
What is quatrains.
300
What is this type of poem called? And what is 1 identifying element of this type of poem? Snow Lovely, white Falling, dancing, drifting Covering everything it touches Blanket
What is Cinquain Line 1: A word for the title (2 syllables) Line 2: Two words to describe the title (4 syllables) Line 3: Three words to express action (6 syllables) Line 4: Four words to express feeling (8 syllables) Line 5: The title again, or a word like it (2 syllables)
300
This is an example of what? (Give the definition too) "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?" Langston Hughes
What is simile, a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”
300
This is an example of what? (Give the definition too) The bonfire snapped and crackled while the hotdogs sizzled and roasted on the spits.
What is Onomatopoeia, describing or naming a thing by imitating the sound associated with it.
400
What are the 4 defining elements of Shakespearian Sonnets?
What is 1) Iambic Pentameter 2)14 lines divided into quatrains (four lines each) 3) Rhyme Scheme = abab cdcd efef gg 4) Volta or shift often occurs at line 9
400
Ballads traditionally tell a story and are passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. This means ballads are a "blank" and "blank"
What is narrative and oral.
400
What is this type of poem called? And what is 1 identifying element of this type of poem? Food Good, Dry Eating, Filling, Chewing Lunch, Dinner, Lake, Rain Quenching, Drinking, Swallowing Cool, Wet Water
What is Diamante Line 1: Noun Line 2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three particulars Line 4: Four nouns or phrase Line 5: Three particulars indicating change Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: Contrasting noun
400
This is an example of what? (Give the definition too) The room was a tomb, quiet and deathly still.
What is metaphor, a comparison between two unlike things.
400
This is an example of what? (Give the definition too) My puppy punched me in the eye. My kitten kicked my head. My ferret gave a frightful cry… *Kenn Nesbitt
What is Alliteration, the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
500
What are the 5 defining elements of Petrarchan Sonnets?
What is 1) Iambic Pentameter 2) 14 lines 3) First 8 lines (octave) abba abba 4) Last 6 lines (sestet) cdcdcd 5) Volta: at line 9
500
What is the refrain of a ballad? Where is it typically located?
What is the refrain is a repeated word or phrase, typically in the fourth line of a stanza.
500
What is this type of poem called? And what is 1 identifying element of this type of poem?  The ship was cheered, the harbor cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top.
What is a Ballad abcb Rhyme Scheme 8787 syllable pattern Quatrain stanza Narrative
500
What is the definition of a symbol? What is one example of a symbol?
What is an object that means more than itself and represents something else. Examples: Doves = peace, Green = greedy, Purple = royalty
500
This is an example of what? (Give the definition too) My rabbit whacked my ear. My hamster slammed me to the ground… *Kenn Nesbitt
What is Assonance, two or more words close together that repeat the same vowel sound but begin with different consonant sound.
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