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Subgenres
Meter
Rhyme
Figures of Speech
Vocabulary
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A _________ has fourteen lines, follows a regular rhyme pattern, and is usually written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet
100
A _______ consists of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables.
What is a foot.
100
This type of rhyme determines the rhyme scheme of a poem.
What is end rhyme
100
Personification is defined as . . .
What is giving a non-living thing living qualities.
100
Aloof means . . .
What is not friendly, cool, and or distant.
200
_________ tells a story but often leaves out key details features a refrain.
What are ballads
200
________ is measured in units called feet.
What is Meter
200
Words that repeat some sounds but are not exact echoes
What is an approximate rhyme
200
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile
200
Callous means . . .
What is heartless, unfeeling, and insesitive towards others
300
Poetry that does not tell a story but rather expresses a single strong emotion.
What is lyric poetry
300
An _______ is a type of foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is an Iamb
300
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" This line contains an example of an ___________ ______
What is internal rhyme
300
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared without using the words like or as
What is a metaphor
300
Subservient means . . .
What is prepared to obey others unquestioningly, less important, or subordinate.
400
A type of poem that does not follow a regular pattern of rhyme or meter.
What is Free Verse
400
A type of meter in which each line is made up of five iambs.
What is iambic pentameter
400
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is a couplet
400
"Life is a box of chocolates", is an example of a . . .
What is a direct metaphor
400
Jilted means . . .
What is rejected or abandoned
500
All of William Shakespeare's plays are written in ___________
What is blank verse
500
All of _________ works are written in iambic pentameter.
Who is William Shakespeare
500
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?
What is ababcdcdefefgg
500
In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes the comparison of life to a staircase throughout the poem is an example of which figure of speech?
What is an extended metaphor
500
Objective means . . .
What is not influenced by personal feelings or opinions, considers only facts, or impartial