9/9 Vocab

What does the word diction mean?

• The study of the way words are used to make sentences.

• A row of text in a poem.

• The basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poetry.

• The choice or use of words and phrases in speech.

What is poetic form?

• Poetic form is the pattern of stresses within a line of verse. All spoken word has a rhythm formed by stressed and unstressed Syllable

• Poetic form is a set of rules that dictate the rhyme scheme, structure, rhythm, and meter of a poem.

• Poetic form is the grammatical structure of sentences in a poem.

• Poetic form is the study of the way words are used to make sentences.

What is grammar?

• Grammar is the study of the way words are used to make sentences.

• Grammar is the study of stanzas or text in a poem

• Grammar is the study of the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poetry.

• Grammar is the study of word order, and the way in which it works with grammatical structures.

What is syntax?

• Syntax is the way words are used to make sentences.

• Syntax is a line is a row of text in a poem

• Syntax is the way in which words are ordered.

• Syntax is a set of rules that dictate rhyme scheme, structure, rhtyhm, and meter of a poem.

What is figuratlve language?

• Figurative language is saying exactly what you mean.

• Figurative language is a way of expressing oneself that does not use a word’s strict or realistic meaning.

• Figurative language is the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poetry

• Figurative language is two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for example new and knew.

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence. It is a million degrees outside.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

What is a meter in poetry?

• A meter is the pattern of stresses within a line of verse.

• A meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poetry.

• A meter is the way words are used to make sentences in a poem.

• A meter is the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches).

What is rhythm?

• Rhythm is a set of rules that dictate the rhyme scheme and structure.

• Rhythm is a recurring movement of sound or speech.

• Rhythm is the correspondence of sound between words

What is a stanza?

• A stanza is words and phrases used in a poem.

• A stanza is the way words are used to make sentences.

• A stanza is the pattern of stresses within a line of verse.

• A stanza is a group of lines that form the basic metrical unit in a poem.