Poetry Words

What does couplet mean?

• two stanzas.

• a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

• a piece of an engine that encloses two things

• a stanza consisting of two sets of rhythms

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Poetic Device

Literary Term

A poem that is written in "free verse" does not:

• a purpose

• a will to go on

• meter

• rhyme

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Poetic Device

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Haiku is an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines. What does "epigrammatic" mean?

• it means specific syllables

• epigrammatic is the epi of the grammaticness

• it is a difficult use of language of epic proportions

• it is written terse and witty; cleverly

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The poetic definition of "line" is: (Make sure you are using the POETIC DEFINITION of line.)

• a length without breadth or thickness

• a unit in the rhythmic structure of verse formed by the grouping of a number of the smallest units of the rhythm (such as metrical feet)

• a unit of verse that is on a linear path but has no other relatability to the rest of the information given.

• where you always have to stand to get into something, don't cut you will get snitched on.

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Which of the following examples is a metaphor?

• Oh, callough callay!

• He/She licks a lollipop.

• He/She is a shining star.

• First, you must enter the room.

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What is the definition of "alliteration"?

• use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

• use of the same consonant at the end of each word

• don't pay attention to the consonants, they're bad letters

• the use of the same vowel sounds in words

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Poetic Device

Which of the following examples is a correct use of "personification"?

• The person would not stop talking!

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• Jeff sure wishes he had listened to his friend after that mistake.

• A dog is barking so loudly I can barely focus on my session. Ah!

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Onomatopoeia means:

• using words

• using words to tell you how incorrectly you are doing something

• using words that imitate the sound they denote

• thinking about something and the sound that it would make if you were to try and write it down

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Poetic Device

A word that has the same ending sound as another word is a ​ (a)   .

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• meter

• simile

• couplet

• personification

• haiku

• metaphor

• alliteration

• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.7.4

A ​ (a)   is two lines of poetry that usually rhyme.

• couplet

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• meter

• simile

• personification

• haiku

• metaphor

• alliteration

• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4