English 10 Poetry Test Review Questions And Answers Graded A+.

Allusion - correct answers A reference to a person, place, event or literary work (should create strong imagery in a few words) example: "The Beastie Boys- "Shadrach" where they refer to Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego Hyperbole - correct answers An exaggeration of something example: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" Alliteration - correct answers The repetition of sounds in nearby words, involving the first consonant sounds example: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore" Connotation - correct answers The feelings and associations suggested by a word example: "thrifty" (positive) vs. "cheap" (negative) "relaxed" (positive) vs. "lazy" (negative) "self- confident" (positive) vs. "conceited (negative) Imagery - correct answers The creation of images using words example: Sonnet 18: Shakespeare uses imagery, comparing love to a "summer's day" Irony - correct answers A difference or contrast example: Situational Irony: "A fire station that burns down" "Posting on FB complaining about how useless FB is" Dramatic Irony: "2 people are engaged to be married but the audience knows that the man is planning to run away with another woman" Verbal Irony: "soft as a brick "clear as mud" Metaphor - correct answersA comparison between things not using "like" or "as" example: "Life is a highway" "He drowned in a sea of grief" Simile - correct answersA comparison between things, using "like" or "as" example: "Cute as a kitten" "My love is like a red, red rose" Personification - correct answersGiving human characteristics to nonhuman things example: "The wind whispered through the pines" Onomatopoeia - correct answersA figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds example: "The bee buzzed Stanza - correct answersTwo or more lines of poetry that together form one of the sections of a poem Usually the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme Refrain - correct answersA line or lines repeated at intervals during a poem, usually at the end of each stanza Gives a hint about the poem's message Rhyme - correct answersThe placing of words with similar end sounds reasonably close together to emphasize the similarity of their sounds example: "I think that I shall never see, A poem as lovely as a tree" Rhyme Scheme - correct answersThe pattern of rhyme within a stanza or poem, usually shown by marking each similar sound with the same letter of the alphabet example : ABAB, ABBA, ABCD Rhythm - correct answersA pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poems, like a beat in music