5 Written Questions

1. The last sentence in your introduction. It includes your opinion on the subject and provides the reader with the focus of the essay.
2. a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens
3. the use of words that imitate sounds
4. A line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, a comma, a colon, a semicolon, and exclamation point, or a question mark.
5. a play on words that exploit the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

5 Matching Questions

1. Transition Sentence
2. Background Information
3. Allusion
4. Topic Sentence
5. Persona/Speaker

1. a A sentence that links the main idea of separate paragraphs.
2. b Gives detail, providing a context for the points being made in an essay.
3. c Persona may be the voice of the poet --acting as a narrator-- or a created character.
4. d The first sentence in your body paragraphs; it reveals the paragraphs main idea and ties it to the thesis statement.
5. e a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Language that uses words to mean something other than their literal meaning.
   1. Figurative Language
   2. Free Verse
   3. Concrete Detail
   4. Transition Sentence
2. a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
   1. Hyperbole
   2. Verse
   3. Tone
   4. Hook
3. writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
   1. Verse
   2. Irony
   3. Tone
   4. Meter
4. poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
   1. Hyperbole
   2. Free Verse
   3. Verse
   4. Meter
5. the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that can establish the rhythm of a poem
   1. Mood
   2. Meter
   3. Metaphor
   4. Verse

5 True/False Questions

1. Diction → a writer's or speaker's choice of words

   True        False

2. Stanza → The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).

   True        False

3. Mood → The first sentence in your introduction meant to grab the reader's attention.

   True        False

4. Hook → The first sentence in your introduction meant to grab the reader's attention.

   True        False

5. Metaphor → the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that can establish the rhythm of a poem

   True        False