Structure and types of Poetry
A group of lines in a poem is called a what?
Stanza
Which of the following is a graphical element that helps to create meaning in poetry:
A. Capitalization and punctuation
B. Word Position
C. Line Length
D. All of the Above
All of the above
"His tender heir might bear his memory" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Assonance
When the structure of a sentence is ambiguous, this is called . . .
Syntactic Ambiguity
What are words that you can look to identify the first-person point of view in a text.....
I, Me, My, We, Us
This is an example of what type of poem??
“The Old Pond” by Matsuo Bashō
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond—
Splash! Silence again.
Haiku
Which graphical element is the following poem an example of:
Word Position
"The car coughed and wheezed as it pulled into the garage" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Personification
In formal essays, ambiguity is a problem, especially in......
A. Topic Sentence
B. Thesis
C. Conclusion
D. All of the above
All of the above
Which point of view allows you to experience the perspective from multiple characters in a story.
Third Person
What is a rhyming scheme? And what is the rhyming scheme of the following poem?
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing,
A rhyming scheme is the pattern formed by end rhymes
Double, double toil and trouble; (A)
Fire burn and caldron bubble. (A)
Fillet of a fenny snake, (B)
In the caldron boil and bake; (B)
Eye of newt and toe of frog, (C)
Wool of bat and tongue of dog, (C)
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, (D)
Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing, (D)
What Graphical element is the following stanza using to emphasize meaning?
tell me, Honey, give me your Two Cents
I SO want to hear what YOU have to say
because aPPARENTly, I’m WRONG.
Capitalization
"As they sat on the soft, sugary sand beach waiting for the sunset, the sinking sun shimmered on the water as the blue sky transformed into various shades of purple and pink" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Visual Imagery
_____ is usually unintentional, whereas _____ can be created on purpose.
a. Ambiguity . . . Vagueness
b. Vagueness . . . Ambiguity
c. Equivocation . . . Ambiguity
d. Ambiguity . . . Equivocation
b. vagueness......Ambiguity
What point of view is the play "A Raisin in the Sun" being told from and how do you know this?
Third-Person because the audience has access to the thoughts and perspectives of all the characters in the Younger family.
Poetry that has no fixed pattern or meter rhyme, line length, or stanza arrnagement is what?
Free Verse Poem
Which graphical element is used in the poem below to emphasize meaning?
God—crush this
stem of anger,
crumple my neck
like paper
Lord of Envies—
Vinegar King—
refuse me
your unceasing heaven…
Line Length
"Frothy foam formed over the fierce waves" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
What is a benefit of ambiguity???
Invokes emotion
Encourages Deep Reading
Reflects the nature of Language
1. Thoughts
2. Feelings
3. Actions
4. Dialogue
The following poem is an example of what type of poetry....
Music
My head is full of rhythme
Until i can barely sit still
See me move to the beat
It does the same for others
Can you feel the magic of music
Acrostic Poem
True or False: Some poets create meaning by creating shapes with their words.
True
How many examples of hyperboles are in the following poem:
In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo full of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.
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Which of the following is an example of a challenge of ambiguity....
A. Readers may struggle to understand the intended meaning of the poem
B. If overused, it may cause the poem to lose focus and clarity
C. It can overwhelm the reader, and the poem will lose its effectiveness.
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Emma thought and thought and she thought: How can I make people notice me? Then, Emma's two twin nieces ran into the kitchen and asked her to make a batch of cookies for their class.