The Quran
Poetry- Definitions
Poetry - Examples
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Poetry - ID TERMS
100
The suras that are chronologically earlier are the ...
What is (are) The Meccan Suras
100
The dictionary definition of a word is aka
What is Denotation
100
Ganjavi, Prisoner of Ganja is an example of
What is Epithet
100
The socially constructed understanding of a word is ...
What is connotation
100
My heart grew weary of the cloister, the hypocrite's cloak Where is the monastery of the Magi? Where is pure wine? Identify the poetic devices in the above lines*
What is synecdoche, assonance, allusion Extra Credit if you can name the kenning!!
200
True or False: Meccan Suras are generally shorter than Medinan Suras
What is TRUE
200
Using a part to explain a whole is ...
What is synecdoche
200
Those men are pretenders who think that they created woman from one of their ribs Despite being four lines of poetry, this is one sentence. This is an example of
What is enjambment
200
A poet's word choice is also known as ...
What is diction
200
Till a little seal comes to rub up against the rocks, comes and goes. And suddenly the rock has an open wound. I told you, when rocks crack, it comes as a surprise. All the more so, people. Identify the poetic devices
What is enjambment, personification, apostrophe, symbolism
300
The suggestion that later phrases in the quran can redefine or trump earlier ones is also known as
What is ABROGATION
300
When a poem appears to be addressed to and speaking directly to a particular person
What is Apostrophe
300
Today Job cried out Filling the sky: The above lines are an example of
What is allusion
300
Consonance is the repetition of ...
What is consonant sounds in the middle or end of a word
300
Blinded by sands Unsheltered solitary Yellow as death Wrinkled like parchment Face turned to the sun. Identify all the poetic devices in these lines
What is simile, synecdoche, and unusual syntax
400
Please identify 3 topics in the quran that have been debated by experts
What is self defense and violence; alcohol consumption, monogamy, etc.
400
A speaker's attitude towards its subject is ...
What is tone
400
Because the trees recognize me Don't leave me pale like the moon! The above lines are examples of what 2 devices
What is personification and simile
400
The repetition of vowels sounds in the middle or end of a word ...
What is assonance
400
The faceless Sea Its hundreds of drowned faces Wrapped in seaweed Slippery and green Like creatures of the deep
What is personification, synecdoche, simile, and unusual syntax
500
Please define exegesis
What is an explanation or critical interpretation of a text
500
How do you determine a poem's meter?
What is - count/measure the number of stressed syllables Iambic trimeter - 6 syllables... 3 stressed Iambic Tetrameter - 8 syllables ... 4 stressed etc.
500
A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I The inflection and order of these lines is unusual; This would be an example of unusual ...
What is syntax
500
Bring, Saki, bring the ruby now; Its lustre sparkles on thy brow, And, flashing with a tremulous light, Has made thy laughing eyes more bright: Bring, bring the liquid gem, and see Its power, its wond'rous power, in me. Identify the poetic devices in the lines above
What is personification, synecdoche, rhyme, apostrophe