Blank Verse

What is Blank Verse?

• Rhymed Iambic Pentameter

• Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

• Rhymed Trochaic Tetrameter

• Unrhymed Trochaic Tetrameter

What is Dramatic Irony?

• When the audience knows something the characters do not

• When the characters know something the audience does not

• When both the audience and characters know the same thing

• When the audience is unaware of the plot

What is an oxymoron?

• A) A phrase that uses two similar words

• B) A phrase that uses two opposite words

• C) A phrase that uses two unrelated words

• D) A phrase that uses two identical words

What is the definition of 'Allusion'?

• A direct statement

• A reference to something outside the text, such as a person or event

• A type of metaphor

• A form of irony

What is a hyperbole?

• A figure of speech which is an understatement.

• A figure of speech which is an exaggeration.

• A type of metaphor.

• A type of simile.

What is personification?

• A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas

• A type of poem

• A narrative technique

• A form of dialogue

A pun is:

• a type of joke that exploits different possible meanings of a word

• a serious statement

• a type of poem

• a type of song

What is the term for key words repeated in the course of a speech or conversation for emphasis?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is a simile?

• A comparison that uses like or as.

• A statement of fact.

• A type of metaphor.

• A form of exaggeration.

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses 'like' or 'as'

• A comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'

• A type of musical note

• A form of poetry