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Iambic Pentameter has how many iambic feet containing how many syllables?

What is 5 iambic feet that contain 10 syllables.

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The definition of poetry is...

What is a musical form of literature in which words may suggest multiple layers of meanings.
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Father Kleinsorge was from...

What is Germany?

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Which type of poetry expresses both praise for the dead and an element of consolation?

What are elegies. 

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The capital of Idaho is...

What is Boise?

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Iambic tetramter how has many iambic feet?

What is 4.

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The definition of an onomatopoeia is...

What is a word that imitates the sound of what it names or describes.

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The bomb dropped on the city of...

What is Hiroshima.

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This type of poem has a pattern of 5,7,5.

What is a haiku?

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The author of the Harry Potter series is..

J.K. Rowling.

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Rhyme scheme refers to the rhyming of this part of the line.

What is the last word.

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A simile is a comparison that uses...

What is like or as.

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Mr. Tanimoto was what religion?

What is Methodist?

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A ballad is...

What is a shorter poem that describes a single event and may be set to music.

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Our current vice president is..

Mike Pence.

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The rhyme scheme of Edgar Allen Poe's first 4 lines was...

What is "A B A B"

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Alliteration is..

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.

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The test given by Dr. Sasaki to test the man when the bomb went off was a...

What is a wasserman test?

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The number of stanzas William Shakespeare would normally write in a poem is...

What is three stanzas.

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This president is one the one dollar bill.

Who is George Washington.

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Which of the six types of metrical feet is missing from below?

iamb, anapest, dactyl, spondee, Pyrrhus

What is trochee.

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When a poet breaks a phrase into two lines it is called...

What is enjambment.
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How many years after the initial interview of the main characters was the second one that made up chapter 5 of the book?

What is 40 years.

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An eight-line stanza with an abbaabba rhyme scheme followed six-line stanza with a cdecde rhyme scheme is a..

What is a petrarchan sonnet.
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Boys Basketball beat this team yesterday in Boise.

What is Liberty Charter.