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The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
100
"The Lamb"
Who is William Blake?
100
"No one ever thanked him."
What is "Those Winter Sundays?"
100
Do you like the song "Do You Hear What I Hear"?
What is Do you like the song "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
100
Brief, concise
What is laconic?
200
A comparison between two dissimilar things, often in the form of x = y.
What is a metaphor?
200
"Fame is a bee"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
"I heard a Fly buzz -- when I died --"
What is "I heard a Fly buzz -- when I died --"
200
In four year's time, you'll be coming home from college for winter break.
What is In four years' time, you'll be coming home from college for winter break.
200
Play up to another's desires and weaknesses
What is pander?
300
A verse paragraph
What is a stanza?
300
"My Papa's Waltz"
Who is Theodore Roethke?
300
"A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth"
What is "Design?"
300
He says that "Every rose has its thorn."
What is He says that "every rose has its thorn."
300
Outstandingly bad
What is egregious?
400
Words that nearly rhyme but don't rhyme perfectly
What is slant rhyme?
400
Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?")
Who is William Shakespeare?
400
"And you O my soul where you stand"
What is "A Noiseless Patient Spider?"
400
All of those cookies are for HMO.
What is All of those cookies are for HMO.
400
Mark of disgrace
What is stigma?
500
When a grammatical unit "straddles" more than one line
What is enjambment?
500
"The Pumpkin"
Who is John Greenleaf Whittier?
500
"carefully"
What is "Poem?"
500
A majority of the cake has been eaten.
What is A majority of the cake has been eaten.
500
Startle, excite, shock, electrify
What is galvanize?