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WorksheetsELA 10 Pre AP Poetry Intro
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 35mins
The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words: "descending dewdrops," "luscious lemons."
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Euphony
Cacophony
The repetition of the same vowel sounds in nearby words: "asleep under a tree," "time and tide," "each evening."
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Euphony
Cacophony
Lines and words that are musically pleasant to the ear and smooth.
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Euphony
Cacophony
Lines and words that are harsh sounding, discordant, and difficult to pronounce
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Euphony
Cacophony
Identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds (also known as near rhyme or slant rhyme): home and same, worth and breath, trophy and daffy.
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Euphony
Cacophony
The basic rhythmic structure of a line within a poem or poetic work
stress
meter
foot
caesura
enjambment
A pause within a line of poetry, often indicated by a double vertical line (||)
stress
meter
foot
caesura
enjambment
The metrical unit, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables, by which a line of poetry is measured.
stress
meter
foot
caesura
enjambment
Places more emphasis on one syllable than another
stress
meter
foot
caesura
enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
stress
meter
foot
caesura
enjambment
A unified group of lines in poetry.
Stanza
Quatrain
Septet
Meter
Central message
Theme
Author word choice
Diction
Alliteration
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled popsicles
More than literal
Symbol
Beats
Meter
Splat, zoom, buzz, whirl are examples of (a)
My arms are weapons
metaphor
One line of poetry
verse
Attitude of a poem
tone
No punctuation before next line
enjambment
A story poem/song
ballad
Using like or as to make a comparison is a (a) .
When the same vowel sound is repeated multiple times in close proximity
“flying high”--"coca cola"--"Chips and dips"--"No pain, no gain"
they repeat the same vowel sounds.
Sound mimic
Repeater
Assonance
Tone
Most _____ rhymes are formed by words with identical consonants and different vowels, or vice versa. “Worm” and “swarm” are examples of ______ rhymes.
(a)
Rhyme scheme
pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem
a plan to rhyme with words that don't sound alike
A plot to overthrow the poetry council
pattern of rhymes at the beginning of a sentence
allusion
reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem
acrostic
certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase
sonnet
a poem of 14 lines using a rhyme scheme
internal rhyme
a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line rhyming with the end or middle of the next line
rhyme scheme
AABAA/CCBCC
“It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;”
"She had a dog a cat a fish,
But nowhere did I see,
Until she brought out my dish,
she prepared them just for me.
ballad
diction
meter
stanza
How do you identify tone in a poem?
“mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem's vocabulary, metrical regularity or irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.
Listen to the beat
Find out what the poet wore when they wrote the poem.
Have a glass of milk and listen to the poem blindfolded.
What does it mean to cite evidence?
Look at the evidence with a sighting device.
Answer the question based on feelings without supporting how I got those feelings.
Call CSI and have detectives bag the figurative language for review.
Write words or phrases from the poem that support what you feel is being said. Follow the cited words with my interpretation of those words or phrases.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art, often used to help make a comparison.
Allusion
Personification
Oxymoron
Metaphor
The use of extreme exaggeration.
Alliteration
Repetition
Tone
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else; a comparison made without using “like” or “as”.
Allusion
Repetition
Metaphor
Simile
A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.
Personification
Allusion
Imagery
Repetition
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help to create a vivid description for the reader.
Theme
Repetition
Tone
Imagery
A central message, idea, or concern that is expressed in a literary work.
Imagery
Theme
Plot
Tone
The repeated use of words or phrases in order to emphasize a point.
Repetition
Alliteration
Tone
Oxymoron
The close placement of words having opposite or near opposite meanings in order to create a unique description.
Allusion
Metaphor
Personification
Oxymoron
The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem, the one describing the events in a poem.
Imagery
Tone
Speaker
Free Verse
A group of lines in a poem.
Free Verse
Tone
Rhyme
Stanza
Poetry that has irregular lines and may or may not rhyme.
Free verse
Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
Tone
The attitude of an author toward the subject that he/she is writing about.
Rhyme Scheme
Tone
Alliteration
Allusion
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
Tone
Metaphor
Symbol
Connotation
Rhyming words that occur within the same line of poetry.
Repetition
Internal Rhyme
Tone
Rhyme Scheme
Is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem (Ex. ABABCC).
Rhyme Scheme
Tone
Internal Rhyme
Denotation
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.
Allusion
Denotation
Personification
Connotation
The literal or primary meaning of a word.
Denotation
Connotation
Allusion
Tone
How many stanzas are in this poem?
(a)
Can you find the repetition in the poem?
What can I say except, "You're welcome"
For the tides, the sun, the sky
Hey, it's okay, it's okay
You're welcome
I'm just an ordinary demi-guy
sky/guy
okay/guy
you're welcome/you're welcome
What type of poem is this?
What can I say except, "You're welcome"
For the tides, the sun, the sky
Hey, it's okay, it's okay
You're welcome
I'm just an ordinary demi-guy
Lyric
Narrative
Dramatic
What type of figurative language is this?
Shiny
Like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck
Scrub the deck and make it look
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
What type of figurative language is this?
"See the line where the sky meets the sea?
It calls me"
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
What type of figurative language is this?
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word"
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
What type of mood is the poet is trying to bring to the reader?
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word"
Amused
Hopeful
Gloomy
What type of the attitude the poet is trying to convey?
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word"
Loved
Isolated
Peaceful
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so"
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"
arrange and repeat vowels, and smooth consonants (l,m,n,y,w) to create flowing and pleasing sound
alliteration
diction
euphony
assonance
poem's entire word choice: elevated, colloquial, unusual, conversational, specialized, vernacular
alliteration
diction
euphony
assonance
Two rhyming lines
couplet
sonnet
villanelle
stanza
A poem of lamentation about a death. Often, it takes the form of a pastoral (idealization of rural life).
ballad
elegy
ode
sonnet
