Poetry Unit Review

Alliteration is...

• Repetition of the FIRST letter's consonant sound of a word in a clause.

• The repetition of vowel sounds in a clause

• The repetition of a consonant sound in a clause

• The repetition of the FIRST word of a caluse.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

Anaphora is...

• Repetition of the FIRST letter's consonant sound of a word in a clause.

• Repetition of vowel sounds in a clause.

• Repetition of consonant sounds in a clause.

• Repetition of the FIRST word of a clause.

Consonance is...

• Repetition of the FIRST letter's consonant sound in a clause.

• Repetition of vowel sounds in a clause.

• Repetition of consonant sounds in a clause.

• Repetition of the FIRST word of a clause.

Assonance is...

• Repetition of the FIRST letter's consonant sound of a word in a clause.

• Repetition of a vowel sound in a clause.

• Repetition of consonant sounds in a clause.

• Repetition of the FIRST word in a clause.

What is a paradox?

• A statement that has a deeper meaning

• A statement that is seems to contradict itself, but it's true!

• Emily's Dickinson's pet dog.

• When the reader knows something the characters do not in a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Diction is...

• Author's word choice

• The use of literary devices in a piece.

• The amount of words in a poem.

• The author's view toward subject matter.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Internal Rhyme occurs when...

• There is a rhyme at the END of a line.

• There is a rhyme in the MIDDLE of the line.

• There is a rhyme in the BEGINNING of the line.

• There is a slant rhyme in the line.

The BEST definition for Imagery is...

• The use of images in a poem

• Sensory description

• Meaningful imagery in literature that relates to the pieces' message

• The process of analyzing fine art.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Emily Dickinson is known for her use of this stylistic device in her poetry:

• Meter

• Dashes

• Commas

• Semicolons

Identify the rhyme scheme:

Helen, thy beauty is to me

Like to Nicean barks of yore

That gently, o'er a perfumed sea

To his own native shore.

• ABAC

• ABAB

• ABAB (slant)

• Blank Verse