Poets
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Literary Terms
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100
British poet who wrote "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud."
Who is William Wordsworth?
100
means "against."
What is "anti"?
100
The meanings and associations that have come to be attached to a word.
What is Connotation?
100
Japanese verse form, featuring 5-7-5
What is Haiku?
100
Our walkabout poem and bag poem are examples of this.
What is a catalog poem?
200
American poet who wrote "The Courage That My Mother Had."
Who is Edna St. Vincent Millay?
200
means "voice"
What is "voc"?
200
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is Denotation?
200
Figure of speech making a comparison using "Like" or "As"
What is a Simile?
200
A comparison that does NOT use Like or As.
What is a Metaphor?
300
Pulitzer-Prize winning African-American poet who wrote novels such as The Color Purple and poems such as "Women."
Who is Alice Walker?
300
means "specified study"
What is "-logy"?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds.
What is Alliteration?
300
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
The attitude that a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience.
What is Tone?
400
American poet who wrote about a balloon man.
Who is e.e cummings?
400
means "act or state"
What is "-tion"?
400
The repetition of similar vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
400
Rhymes that occur at the end of lines.
What is End Rhyme?
400
The musical quality in language produced by repetition.
What is Rhythm?
500
Japanese writer considered to be the developer and greatest master of haiku.
Who is Matsuo Basho?
500
means "an act" (as in "an action," not as in faking something).
What is "-ment"?
500
Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level.
What is a Figure of Speech?
500
Repeated line, phrase, or group of lines.
What is a Refrain?
500
Group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit.
What is a stanza?
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