Terms
word pairs that are spelled alike but pronounced differently
eye rhyme
What sound device is shown in this line: "With two 60's stuck on the scoreboard"?
alliteration
a question asked not to receive information but to achieve an effect
rhetorical question
Name one thing that's personified in "Foul Shot".
the ball / silence
"A Gray Sleeve" exhibits a sudden decline from the lofty and suspenseful to the ridiculous. What is this called?
anticlimax
two or more words having identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and all the sounds following that vowel
rhyme / perfect rhyme
What sound device does this phrase contain: "A dozen carbines rattled..."?
onomatopoeia
"Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice.....Now is the time to make justice a reality for all God's children. "
anaphora
What specific moral dilemma causes the speaker in Stafford's poem to feel like he is traveling in the dark?
whether to push the deer with the living baby in her womb over the cliff
What extended metaphor does King use in relation to the US Constitution?
A promissory note or check that has defaulted
a unit of meter repeated in a poem
poetic foot
The following line from "Rattlesnake" shows two kinds of rhyme: "Stay away,". What are they?
perfect rhyme / internal rhyme
What part of speech is repeated in "Foul Shot" to form both parallelism and suspense?
verbs
What is ironic about the tone of "Winter Ocean"?
you would expect a poem about the ocean to be filled with awe, not defiance and insult
In "A Gray Sleeve", after the tense battle in the grove, what surprising sight do the soldiers see that represents normal life?
a house
a pause in the middle of a line of poetry indicated by punctuation
caesura
What sound device is shown in this phrase: "diamond-patterned inlaid band"?
consonance
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
antithesis
Which 2 types of meter are used in "Who Has Seen the Wind?"
iambic and trochaic
What does King warn his people against?
drinking the cup of bitterness and hatred (or wrongful deeds)
when poetry lines flow past the end of one verse line and into the next with no punctuation at the end of the line
enjambment
What sound device is shown in this phrase: "scud-thumper, tub"?
assonance
“Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. / From every mountainside, let freedom ring.”
chiasmus
What is the theme of “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket”?
poetry provides relief from life’s hardships (in every season)
What does King refer to as a "tranquilizing drug"?
gradualism