Poetry

A simile:

• makes a comparison of two things.

• is an obvious exaggeration made for effect.

• makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

• is a speech by an actor spoken as if thinking aloud.

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The ghostly galleons grab greedily. This is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Simile

• Metaphor

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Fear knocked on the door is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Paradox

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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An example of onomatopoeia includes:

• He ran like the wind.

• The hose is a green snake on the lawn.

• The bottle fizzed then popped.

• Wild horses wouldn't drag me away.

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Alliteration is:

• The repetition of a consonant sound, particularly the initial consonants of two or more words.

• The repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words.

• An obvious exaggeration made for effect.

• A series of brief shots that work together to convey a particular meaning.

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A metaphor:

• makes a comparison of two things.

• is an obvious exaggeration made for effect.

• makes a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• is a speech by an actor spoken as if thinking aloud.

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A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter is a:

• acrostic

• limerick

• sonnet

• free verse

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The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line or verse is:

• meter

• rhyme scheme

• syllable

• couplet

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A set amount of lines in poetry grouped together by their length, meter, or rhyme scheme is a:

• couplet

• sonnet

• stanza

• ballad

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A similarity of sound in words:

• prose

• rhyme scheme

• meter

• rhyme

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