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5 Written Questions

1. An author's choice of words based on their correctnes, clarity, or effectiveness
2. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and usually express a completed thought
3. A seventeen syllable, three-line poem, usually about nature, with a suggestion of deeper meaning
4. A word whose sound imitaes or suggests its meaning
5. The words or phrases an author selects, using sensory details, to create a picture in the reader's mind

5 Matching Questions

1. Personification
2. Sonnet
3. Parallelism
4. Iambic pentameter
5. Lyric

1. a Poetry which expresses the speakers emotions and thoughts
2. b The repitition of phrases or sentences that are alike in structure or meaning
3. c Assigning human qualities to an object, idea, or animal
4. d A 14-line lyric poem of iambic pentameter and a set rhyme scheme
5. e A metric line consisting of five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unrhymed iambic pentameter
   1. Blank verse
   2. Free verse
   3. Parallelism
   4. Imagery
2. Poetry which has no regular rhythm or rhyme scheme
   1. Free verse
   2. Imagery
   3. Meter
   4. Blank verse
3. A comparison of two or more things not using like or as
   1. Couplet
   2. Meter
   3. Stanza
   4. Metaphor
4. The repition of a line in a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of a stanza
   1. Refrain
   2. Parody
   3. Allusion
   4. Lyric
5. An exaggeration or overstatement used for effect
   1. Tone
   2. Meter
   3. Hyperbole
   4. Lyric

5 True/False Question

1. Parody → The words or phrases an author selects, using sensory details, to create a picture in the reader's mind
   

   True        False

2. Meter → A comparison of two or more things not using like or as
   

   True        False

3. Figurative language → Language that creates a special effect or feeling by comparing, exaggerating, or meaning something other than what it first appears to mean
   

   True        False

4. Tone → A 14-line lyric poem of iambic pentameter and a set rhyme scheme
   

   True        False

5. Alliteration → A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or thing from the bible, mythology, or other literary work
   

   True        False