English 20-2 POETRY Prep Exam Questions And Answers All Correct.

Metaphor - correct answers A comparison without using like or as. Example. Her heart is gold. Beach of diamonds. Simile - correct answers A comparison using "like" or "as". Example. she dreams like a kid. Cold as ice. Enjambment - correct answers the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. line break - correct answers Where a line of poetry ends. Imagery - correct answers Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). Example. Smell of oranges and fresh bread. The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric. Onomatopoeia - correct answers the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. Example. The car horn beeped loudly. The corn went pop in the microwave. Alliteration - correct answersthe occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example. She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The trees swayed shyly in the summer breeze. Allusions - correct answersa reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. Example. He studies all the time and is a regular Einstein. Don't act like a Scrooge! Tone - correct answersAttitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character. Example. I don't want to enter that scary room. Let's go out, the day is beautiful! structure - correct answersthe arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work. Rhythm - correct answersA strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. Example. side by side on the table sat. Oxymoron - correct answersA figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. Example. alone together. original copy. repetition - correct answersRepeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis. Example. nobody no, nobody Can make it out here alone. Couplet - correct answersTwo consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. Example. nature puts on little shows Every time it rains or snows. Foreshadowing - correct answersA narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader. Example. A character breaks a mirror, a black cat crosses his path and then later on in the story something bad happen to him. Hyperbole - correct answersexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example. I'm bigger than the sun. Characterization - correct answersA method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits. Example. Miss Olive, who is goofy, anxious and determined. Paradox - correct answersA statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. Example. It's hard work doing nothing. Personification - correct answersA figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Example. The stars winked at me. Theme - correct answersCentral idea of a work of literature. Example. Apple - red, juicy, sweet. Flashback - correct answersA method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events. Example. In our village, years ago we find something like that, we were... Symbolism - correct answersA device in literature where an object represents an idea. Example. wedding ring Conflict - correct answersA struggle between opposing forces. Example. Character is looking for someone in the mist. Allegory - correct answersa story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Example. Give this man a room, with an endless kitchen. He will always come back. Connotation - correct answersan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Example. I ate a moist sandwich. Satire - correct answersA literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. Example. The scripts and writings for the show South park. Anachronism - correct answerssomething out of place in time. Example. She had found her Romeo. Colloquialism - correct answersinformal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing. Example. "How's it going?" colloquialism of "How are you?" Juxtaposition - correct answersplacing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast. Example. Let the boy try along this bayonet - blade. Didactic - correct answersinstructive. Example. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Verbal irony - correct answersA figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. Example. Nice clean water you got there. Situational irony - correct answersAn outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. Example. A fire station burns down. Dramatic irony - correct answerswhen a reader is aware of something that a character isn't. Example. We know that Kevin has planted traps everywhere, but the thieves don't! Internal rhyme - correct answersA word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. Example. "Don't worry, the spider is smaller than you" "Yeah, so is a grenade."