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In poetry, two successive rhyming lines are called a _____.
Word bank: free verse, diction, ballad, couplet
What is couplet?
The example: "deep green sea" expresses free verse.
Word bank: consonance, assonance, sonnet
What is assonance?
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
This poem fragment follows a(n) _____ rhyme scheme
Word bank: (Muhahaha, no word bank for you!)
What is ABAB?
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
This poem fragment is from the poem: ______.
Word bank: Where the Sidewalk Ends, Sick, Mother to Son, the Red Wheelbarrow
What is Mother to Son?
The composer of the song: "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Who is Rick Astley?
A monometer has one _____.
Word Bank: meter, dimeter, foot, metaphor
What is foot?
A line ending in full pause is called a(n) metaphor.
Word bank: Iamb, meter, enjambment, end-stopped line, end rhyme
What is end-stopped line?
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
This poem fragment is an example of ______ diction.
(I'm tired, so no word bank this time either)
What is informal/low diction?
(again, either is accepted)
"To cool in the peppermint breeze"
This poem fragment is from the poem _______, by Shel Silverstein.
What is "Where the Sidewalk Ends?"
Fallout Boy composed this song, whose title doubles as the plural form of a word meaning "a 100 year period of time"
What is Centuries?
______ can refer to images throughout a work.
Word bank: Imaging, Imagery, Imagination
What is Imagery?
_____ is defined as word choice.
(do you really need a word bank for this one? You're probably tired of them by now anyway)
What is diction?
The poem "Sick" is an example of ______; it really overexaggerates her condition
(No word bank needed)
What is hyperbole?
The name of "Mother to Son's" author is ________.
Who is Langston Hughes?
The color of Ms. Eaton's shirt.
(Answer may vary)
Verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern is called ________.
Word bank: Free verse, stretched verse, consonance, assonance
What is free verse?
QUICKLY QUINTUPLE:
(only 10 seconds are allotted for this question but, when answered correctly, the question gets added to that team's points 5 times [oh yes, you'd better believe it's gonna be difficult])
Question:
The word-to-word definition of paradox.
(the quickly quintuple gets no word bank)
What is "A rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true?"
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
This poem fragment is an example of an ______; it has no end punctuation, but rather, spills over into the next line before ending off
What is enjambment?
The name of the author to _______ is Shel Silverstein.
What is "Where the Sidewalk Ends?"
A famous poet who likes to write in iambic pentameter.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Simple, direct, and correct language is called ________ diction.
(No word bank)
What is middle/neutral?
(either answer is acceptable)
In poetry, a line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line would be referred to as a(n) foot
(No word bank)
What is an enjambment?
The sentence: "Don't act like a scrooge!" Is an example of ______; it alludes to "A Christmas Carol."
(come on, this one is free)
What is allusion?
The name of the author to: "the Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams
Who is William Carlos Williams?
Complete the following sentence: "Shall I compare thee..."
What is "...to a summer's day?"