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LUOA English 9 Final Exam Study Guide.
Stanza - answer✔A stanza is a poem or portion of a poem. Each stanza is a certain number of
lines. Stanzas are set apart from each other by spaces above and below. They are used for the
same purpose as paragraphs in prose.
Quatrain - answer✔A quatrain is a stanza of four lines.
Couplet - answer✔A couplet is two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by
rhyme, that form a unit.
Rhyme - answer✔Two or more words which contain matching sounds: for example, "ball" and
"fall." Typically the sounds that match are at the end of the word.
Internal rhyme - answer✔An internal rhyme is words that rhyme in the same line ("I found the
ground at last") or in the middle of lines ("The tree that held me / So free and high").
Rhyme scheme - answer✔The pattern in which words in a poem rhyme. The rhyme schemes are
distinguished by letters, like ABAB, AABB, or AAAC. Each letter is associated with a word's
sound. When that sound is repeated, that same letter represents the same sound.
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Rhythm - answer✔The cadence, or beat, of poetry. Rhythm is created by putting stress on some
syllables but not others in a line (da-DA da-DA da-DA).
Meter - answer✔A rhythmic pattern (usually in formal poems)
Alliteration - answer✔The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or
closely connected words
Allusion - answer✔A reference to something the poet is sure the audience will know
Analogy - answer✔A comparison between two things
Apostrophe - answer✔An address to a thing or person
Assonance - answer✔Two or more words in the same line or sentence that have the same or
similar vowel sounds
"I tried to light the fire"
Consonance - answer✔Two or more words in the same line or sentence that start with the same
consonant sound"Slithery snakes steal sleep from the students"
Imagery - answer✔The words the poet uses to create pictures in the reader's mind
Metaphor - answer✔A comparison between two objects without using the words "like" or "as"
"The defensive line was a brick wall"
12/3/2024 11:27AM
LUOA English 9 Final Exam Study Guide.
Stanza - answer✔A stanza is a poem or portion of a poem. Each stanza is a certain number of
lines. Stanzas are set apart from each other by spaces above and below. They are used for the
same purpose as paragraphs in prose.
Quatrain - answer✔A quatrain is a stanza of four lines.
Couplet - answer✔A couplet is two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by
rhyme, that form a unit.
Rhyme - answer✔Two or more words which contain matching sounds: for example, "ball" and
"fall." Typically the sounds that match are at the end of the word.
Internal rhyme - answer✔An internal rhyme is words that rhyme in the same line ("I found the
ground at last") or in the middle of lines ("The tree that held me / So free and high").
Rhyme scheme - answer✔The pattern in which words in a poem rhyme. The rhyme schemes are
distinguished by letters, like ABAB, AABB, or AAAC. Each letter is associated with a word's
sound. When that sound is repeated, that same letter represents the same sound.
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Rhythm - answer✔The cadence, or beat, of poetry. Rhythm is created by putting stress on some
syllables but not others in a line (da-DA da-DA da-DA).
Meter - answer✔A rhythmic pattern (usually in formal poems)
Alliteration - answer✔The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or
closely connected words
Allusion - answer✔A reference to something the poet is sure the audience will know
Analogy - answer✔A comparison between two things
Apostrophe - answer✔An address to a thing or person
Assonance - answer✔Two or more words in the same line or sentence that have the same or
similar vowel sounds
"I tried to light the fire"
Consonance - answer✔Two or more words in the same line or sentence that start with the same
consonant sound"Slithery snakes steal sleep from the students"
Imagery - answer✔The words the poet uses to create pictures in the reader's mind
Metaphor - answer✔A comparison between two objects without using the words "like" or "as"
"The defensive line was a brick wall"
