English Vocab

What is the meaning of alliteration?

• the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginnings of words. (“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

• the repetition of sounds, particularly at beginnings of words. (“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

• the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the end of words. (“She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

• the repetition of sounds, particularly at the end of words. “She sells seashells by the sea-shore.")

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of allusion?

• a word that has a similar definition as the word metaphor.

• a reference to a person, place, or thing.

• a reference to an event, location, or thing.

• a reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of Irony

• a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic.

• a rhetorical word involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic.

• a feeling

• a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the meaning of end rhyme

• It comes at the end of one successive lines.

• It comes in the middle of two successive lines.

• It comes at the end of two successive lines.

• It comes at the beginning of two successive lines.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of Rhyme Scheme?

• the pattern of rhymes falling at the beginning of a poem’s lines.

• the pattern of rhymes falling at the ends of a poem’s lines.

• the pattern of rhymes falling in the middle of a poem’s lines.

• the pattern of rhymes don't fall at the ends of a poem’s lines.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of line?

• a fundamental unit in lines, carrying meaning both horizontally across the page and vertically from one line to the next.

• a fundamental unit in verse, carrying meaning both horizontally across the page.

• a fundamental unit in verse.

• a fundamental unit in verse, carrying meaning both horizontally across the page and vertically from one line to the next.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the meaning of couplet?

• two successive lines of poetry, often rhymed.

• one successive lines of poetry, often rhymed.

• two successive lines of poetry.

• one successive lines of poetry.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of free verse

• a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is not free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms

• a literary device that can not be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms

• a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms.

• a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and rhymes with fixed forms

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the meaning of Haiku

• a form that originated in Japan, is traditionally composed of three lines with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count, and often focuses on images from nature.

• a form that originated in Japan, is traditionally composed of three lines with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/9 syllable count, and often focuses on images from nature.

• a form that originated in Japan, is traditionally composed of three lines with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/6/5 syllable count, and often focuses on images from nature.

• a form that originated in Japan, is traditionally composed of three lines with seventeen syllables, written in a 8/7/5 syllable count, and often focuses on images from nature.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What is meaning of Sonnett?

• a fourteen-line poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.

• a fifteen-line poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.

• a thirteen-line poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.

• a twelve-line poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A