Poetic Structure
Figurative Language
Authors and Texts
General Knowledge
Elements of Style #1
Elements of Style #2
100
How many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?
10
100
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
100
What is the name of the main character in "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Reverend Hooper.
100
Who is this?
John Cena.
100
What is the repetition of CONSONANT sounds at the BEGINNING of words called?
Alliteration.
100
What are the three types of irony?
Situational, Verbal, and Dramatic.
200
How many IAMBS are in iambic pentameter?
5
200
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".
200
Which Walt Whitman poem section contains the line "Nature without check with original energy."?
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
200
What is the Capital of Michigan?
Lansing.
200
What is the repetition of VOWEL sounds called?
Assonance.
200
Which type of Figurative Language is an exaggeration of the truth for emphasis or humorous effect?
Hyperbole.
300
Iambic Pentameter is made up of ________ and __________ syllables.
Stressed / Unstressed
300
What is it called when you give human qualities to objects, animals, ideas, or abstract concepts?
Personification.
300
Who is the author of "Last Child in the Woods"?
Richard Louv.
300
Who is the Governor of Michigan?
Gretchen Whitmer.
300
What is the repetition of CONSONANT sounds WITHING or at the END of a word called?
Consonance.
300
Sarcasm is an example of which type of irony?
Verbal irony.
400
What is the most common example of a line break called?
Em dash. (-)
400
What is a metaphor called when it is developed over a number of lines, or through multiple examples?
Extended metaphor.
400
"In the Season of Change" was about a hypothetical friendship with what author?
Emily Dickinson.
400
What state is this?
Illinois.
400
ELITE
SCHOLARS.
400
In this question, in this question that you are currently looking at, in this question you are about to answer, which Element of Style is being used?
Repitition.
500
A group of lines in poetry is called what?
A stanza.
500
"Much Madness is divinest Sense-" is an example of what?
Paradox.
500
Where does the killer hide the body in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Under the floorboards.
500
Who was the 16th President?
Abraham Lincoln.
500
"Laughter" and "Daughter" is an example of which type of rhyme?
Eye rhyme.
500
Rhetorical devices are meant to ________ the reader.
Persuade.