Poetry Forms and Word Roots
Define a concrete poem.
What is a poem that takes the shape of its topic?
Define ignorant.
What is lacking in knowledge or training?
Define valid.
What is to prove as true?
When the road __________ I decided to take the left turn at Albuquerque.
What is diverged?
"[Vera] was like a bird that has dashed its head against the glass and that has been picked up by a human hand" (Christie 212).
What is simile?
This type of poem tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
Define devise.
What is to plan or invent by careful thought?
When an issue is debatable and argumentative it can be described as being this (like your research paper topics).
What is controversial?
His _____________ was full of holes, so it was easy to disprove.
What is argument?
"All eyes were turned on Blore. Angry suspicious eyes" (Christie 60).
What is personification?
The root, simil, means this.
What is similar or alike?
This means to branch off.
What is diverge?
This synonym for refute means to discredit or prove as false.
What is invalidate?
She is my closest friend and __________.
What is confidant?
"But as I sent them on to Scylla, I / told them nothing, as they could do nothing" (Homer 1.12.161-162).
What is dramatic irony?
Of val and ver, this root means truth.
What is ver?
This adjective means to take a favorable view of events or conditions and expect the most favorable outcome.
What is optimistic?
This is a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason.
What is assertion?
That tongue twister is sure full of a lot of _________. Plus, I don't know how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
What is alliteration?
"You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead" (Shakespeare 1.4.14-15).
What is a pun?
Can't
Avoid
Trouble
is this type of poem.
What is acrostic?
Define assimilate.
What is to bring into conformity with customs or attitudes? What is adapt or adjust?
This vocabulary words is a synonym for verify and validate.
What is substantiate?
The __________in The Odyssey starts with Odysseus's quest and ends with his regaining of the throne of Ithaca.
What is epic hero cycle?
"I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning" (Shakespeare 4.2.24) is an example of which TWO devices?
What are dramatic and situational irony?