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Shakespearean Sonnets
Free Verse
Personal Essay
Literary/Poetic Terms
Miscellaneous
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The number of lines in a Shakespearean sonnet
What is 14.
100
This "Leaves of Grass" author popularized free verse.
Who is Walt Whitman
100
The point of view most personal essays are written in
What is first person
100
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile
100
The type of rhyme between these two words: "heart" and "remark"
What is slant rhyme
200
The rhyme scheme in a sonnet
What is abab cdcd efef gg
200
Three specific things that distinguish free verse from sonnet
What is no set rhyme scheme, no set meter, no set feet, not in iambic pentameter, no set amount of lines,
200
Two of the many techniques for writing a stellar introduction we spoke about in class
What is starting with a quotation, starting with a blunt/surprising statement, starting with dialogue, starting with a sensory detail, start with a comparison/metaphor, starting with a question, starting by challenging a popular theory/belief
200
A reference to a literary or historical event or person.
What is an allusion
200
A restatement of a text or passage in your own words
What is paraphrasing
300
Contrary to what you might guess, most of Shakespeare's sonnets were written with this male in mind.
What is his son.
300
The century in which free verse became far more popular.
What is the 20th Century
300
A conclusion of an essay should not merely do this
What is summarize the essay
300
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance
300
The three stages of the writing process
What is prewriting, drafting and revision.
400
Used frequently in sonnets, this literary device is when someone absent or dead is addressed as if they were alive.
What is apostrophe
400
The type of poisoning that killed Sylvia Plath
What is Carbon Monoxide
400
The radio station that put on the weekly "This I Believe" personal essay
What is National Public Radio (NPR)
400
Personification could be categorized as within this other literary term
What is a metaphor
400
A more concise way to say "on the occasion of"
What is "when."
500
One of the two types of sonnets other than Shakespearean
What is Spencerian or Petrarchan (Italian)
500
The type of music Langston Hughes's poetry is often linked to
What is jazz.
500
The very famous essayist we discussed in class who wrote many sentences that could technically be called "run-ons"
Who is Joan Didion
500
This is the most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.
What is denotation.
500
The percentage of your grade in this class that will be determined by attendance and participation.
What is 40%