Poetry

What is a stanza?

• A grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem.

• Message or idea that an author has interpreted by the reader.

• A unit in poetry that consists of any words arranged in one row.

• A set of group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme.

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Mood: the​ (a)   ​ ​ and ​ (b)   that a piece of writing creates within the reader.

• feelings
• atmosphere
• tone
• theme

"A play on words usually when a single word with more than one meaning is used humorously to exploit both meanings" is the definition of?

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• when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings.

• Irony

• comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• Hyperbole

• contradictory statement or situations reveal a reality that is different of what appears to be true.

• Metaphor

• comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using "like" or "as".

• Simile

• overly exaggerated statement or claim.

• personification

Juxtaposition: when two things are placed ​ (a)   together to create a ​ (b)   effect.

• closed
• contrasting
• comparing
• further
• funny

What is an acrostic poem?

• a poem in which words are spelled out through the first letter of each line.

• a poem that is as much as a piece of visual art made with words as it is a work of poetry.

• a fourteen-line poem written in one stanza, traditionally in iambic pentameter and it must have a formal rhyme scheme.

• a lyric poem that praises or celebrates on event, person, or a thing.

How to analyze the rhyme scheme of a poem?

• Look to the last sound in each line.

• Look to the first sound in each line.

• Look for the same word in each line.

• Look at your friend's answer.

"The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to" is the definition of?

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Theme: ​the ​ (a)   or ​ (b)   that an author expresses in a poem about the subject.

• message
• idea
• feelings
• actions
• keyword

Match the following to its correct definition.

• Cinquain

• a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme.

• Quatrain

• four-line stanza of grouping of four lines of verse.

• Couplet

• a poem or stanza, also known as quintain or quintet, composed of five lines.

• Tercet

• two successive lines of poetry, often rhymed.