"Ben buys big bags of broccoli" is an example of...
What is alliteration?
100
Poetry free of any restrictions or limitations; not tied to a particular rhyme or rhythm pattern (meter)
What is Free Verse?
100
What does the narrator first do to the black cat after he comes home drunk one night?
He cuts the cat's eye out after the cat bites him.
100
A unit of poetry that denotes a single line
What is a verse?
100
Name all five Tenets of Romanticism.
What is Individualism, Idealism/Imagination, Awe of Nature, the Common Man, Strong Emotions?
200
Imitates the natural sound of the word it describes; the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning
What is onomotopoeia?
200
A short poem that expresses emotional feelings
What is a Lyric Poem?
200
How does the narrator get caught in his crime?
He hits the wall with his cane, and the cat lets out a horrible sounding scream.
200
A verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza or when divided sections appear
What is a refrain?
200
What is the "common man"...
The everyday individual; natural goodness of humans
300
The repetition of internal sounds occurring in words close together
What is assonance?
300
A poem that tells a story.
What is a Narrative Poem?
300
How does the narrator kill Pluto?
He hangs the cat from a tree.
300
The recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry
What is meter?
300
What is "awe of nature"...
The Romantics wanted to capture the awe and beauty of that natural thing in their work, praising it with their words. Nature as divine.
400
"I'm a total night owl" is an example of...
What is metaphor?
400
The literal dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
400
What happens on the same night that the narrator kills Pluto?
His house burns down.
400
A division of a poem based on thought or form. A stanza with four lines, or even a full poem containing four lines, having an independent and separate theme.
What is a quatrain?
400
Dark Romantics addressed...
The darkness that lurked in humans; the natural world as dark and decaying; the psychological effects of guilt and sin
500
"The mango with the peel so vibrant with its reds and yellows almost looks like the sun" is an example of...
What is imagery?
500
The attitudes and feelings associated with a word; dove = peace
What is connotation?
500
Why and how does the narrator kill his wife?
She prevents him from killing the cat after it tripped him so he buries an ax in her.
500
A persona or voice in a poem; the narrative voice speaks of a writer’s feelings
What is the speaker?
500
What is "individualism"...
Elevated achievements of misunderstood individual outcast; focus on the individual experience rather than the whole