It is one of the "weak STRONG" units (metrical feet) to be used in a line of verse.
What is an iamb?
100
“The wind grabbed my hat and ran away with it.”
What is personification?
100
It is the pattern of a line of verse.
What is meter?
100
Creating pictures through words by appealing to the senses
What is imagery?
100
“The snake hissed.”
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
200
It is one of the repeating segments that is used to build a line of poetry. In the case of iambic pentameter, one iamb = one of these.
What is a foot?
200
“My cat is as gentle as a lamb.”
What is a simile?
200
da DUM
What is one way we could write the rhythm of an iamb?
200
A figure of speech that substitutes the name of one object or concept with the name of a thing closely associated with it
What is metonymy?
200
"It is the star to every wandering bark"
What is extended metaphor?
300
It is verse which satisfies BOTH of the following conditions:
i: It does not rhyme.
ii. All the lines have the same number of feet.
What is blank verse?
300
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”
What is antithesis?
300
It is a common departure from standard or iambic pentameter where you add a final unstressed syllable, which creates this.
What is a weak or feminine ending?
300
exaggerated claims not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
300
"Love's not Time's fool"
What is personification?
400
the meter with 5 pairs of unstressed and stressed metrical feet
What is iambic pentameter?
400
“Fate took me to the lake.”
What is assonance?
400
2 syllables / /
What is a spondee?
400
It is an ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary; for example: "you won't be sorry," meaning "you'll be glad."
What is litotes?
400
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
(Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 2, line 2)
What is iambic pentameter?
500
often, but not always
Does Shakespeare use blank verse?
500
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters
What is zeugma?
500
3 syllables / - -
What is a dactyl?
500
A figure of speech that uses comparison to state that two unlike things are similar