ENG1W - Poetry and Figurative Language Assessment

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Onomatopoeia

________- A word that sounds like what it is [buzz, click, bang, sizzle]

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Simile

________- A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like "or "as.

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Metaphor

________- A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like "or "as.

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Tone

________- The attitude the poems narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue- in- cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

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Meter

________- The measured arrangement of sounds /beats in a poem, including the poets placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

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Free Verse

________- Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

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Enjambment

________- This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

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Stanza

________- An unidentified group of lines in poetry.

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Diction

________- The authors specific word choice.

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Assonance

________- The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.

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Alliteration

________- Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Symbol

________- An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

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Verse

________- A single line of poetry.

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Allusion

________- Brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

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Rhythm

________- The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

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Ballad

________- A story /narrative in poetic form.

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Consonance

________- A repetition of ________ sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.

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Alliteration

Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Allusion

Brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art

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Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text

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Ballad

A story/narrative in poetic form

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Consonance

A repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text

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Diction

The authors specific word choice

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Enjambment

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line

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Free Verse

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter

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Metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as"

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Meter

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poets placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line

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Onomatopoeia

A word that sounds like what it is [buzz, click, bang, sizzle]

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Rhythm

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

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Simile

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as"

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Stanza

An unidentified group of lines in poetry

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Symbol

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

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Theme

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader

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Verse

A single line of poetry

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when was Walt Whitman born (When did he die)

May 31, 1819 (DIED March 26, 1892)

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When was Robert Frost born (When did he die)

March 26, 1874 (DIED January 29, 1963)

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Give an example of a metaphor

The water was hotter than ur dad

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Give an example of a simile

The shower was as cold as ur mom's heart.

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