5 Written Questions

1. lines and stanzas that tell a story
2. a group of lines that forms a unit of poetry; comparable to a paragraph in prose
3. a direct comparision between two unlike things
4. repetition of grammatical constructions to express related ideas of equal importance
5. the pattern or beat of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

5 Matching Questions

1. sonnet
2. octave
3. onomatopoeia
4. simile
5. understatement

1. a a group of eight lines of poetry
2. b a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter
3. c the use of a word whose sound reflects its meaning
4. d indirect (using like,as, such) comparison between two unlike things
5. e technique of emphasizing by saying less than is literally true; oppostite of hyberbole

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. humorous imitation of a well known work of art or literature
   1. pun
   2. parody
   3. poetry
   4. paradox
2. a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to a nonhuman
   1. paradox
   2. octave
   3. personification
   4. sonnet
3. a group of four lines of poetry
   1. octave
   2. quatrain
   3. parody
   4. pun
4. a humorous play on words (usually based upon a word with multiple meaninngs)
   1. sonnet
   2. parody
   3. poetry
   4. pun
5. a group of six lines of poetry
   1. sonnet
   2. stanza
   3. sestet
   4. simile

5 True/False Question

1. paradox → humorous imitation of a well known work of art or literature
   

   True        False

2. poetry → humorous imitation of a well known work of art or literature
   

   True        False

3. rhyme scheme → the pattern of repetition of same sounds at the ends of lines
   

   True        False

4. oxymoron → two words together containing contradictory meanings
   

   True        False

5. voice → unique use of language that allows a reader to "hear" the particular personality of a character, speaker, or author
   

   True        False