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The Complete IEB Poetry Resource for Grade 12 (6th Edition) Sample Section 2025/2026 | Comprehensive Study Guide & Verified Literature Analysis

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alliteration - correct answers a poetic device using the repetition of an initial consonant sound in a line of verse, to creat a specific effect allusion - correct answers a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize analogy - correct answers A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them that are otherwise dissimilar. assonance - correct answers Repetition of a vowel sound with...

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Alliteration - correct answer The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. For example- little lemurs love to leap. Allusion - correct answer when a work of literature refers to another work of literature or event from history. For example- "He is my Romeo" would be an allusion to shake speare Assonance - correct answer repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words. It kind of sounds like an incomplete rhyme. For example, I'd like to fly a kite for the rest of...

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A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas) - correct answers POETRY The ____ is the author of the poem. - correct answers POET The _______ of the poem is the "narrator" of the poem. - correct answers SPEAKER - the appearance of the words on the page - correct answers FORM a group of words together on one line of the poem - correct answers LINE a group of lines arranged together - co...

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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...

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"To each the boulder than have fallen to each. And some are loaves and some so nearly balls. We have to use a spell to make them balance." - correct answers Mending Wall (T/F) Tone and mood are the same thing - correct answers false (T/F) Narrator is always the same as the author - correct answers false Authors attitude towards a topic - correct answers tone Atmosphere of a poem, or story - correct answers mood Teaching a moral lesson - correct answers didactic A referenc...

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ballad - correct answers formal narrative poem that tells a love story epic poetry - correct answers narrative poem usually about a hero or heroic deeds free verse - correct answers poetry with no formal structure rhyme scheme - correct answers the pattern of rhyme in a poem alliteration - correct answers Repetition of initial consonant sounds personification - correct answers giving human qualities to non human things sound devices - correct answers used to create vivid images...

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diction - correct answers word choice - affects mood and theme - contains rhyming - few words dialect - correct answers speech characteristic to a region or group - affects the words that people choose and also their accents denotation - correct answers the dictionary definition of a word - understand the context the word is in - could have different meanings depending on the time period connotation - correct answerspositive or negative feeling attached to the word - em...

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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 (s...

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Prosodic structure and structure of ideas - correct answers A poem balances two kinds of structure: Prosodic structure - correct answers Use of form, sound, rhythm, meter to enhance meaning Form - correct answers types or kinds of poem as defined by content/rules, and metrical and stanza arrangement of a poem Epic - correct answers Long narrative poem, often "books" long Dramatic - correct answers A monologue or dialogue in a character assumed by the poet; like a soliloquy, it ...

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What is a poem? - correct answers a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure Poems may be classified into subgenres based on various characteristics such as? - correct answers length, appearance, formal features, subject, situation and setting, time, and place Three broad categories or subgenres based upon their mode of presenta...

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Enjambment - correct answers when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning caesura - correct answers A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. scansion - correct answers the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm 3 major forms of poetry - correct answers Narrative, Dramatic, Lyric internal rhyme - correct answers rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end end stop rhyme ...

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Onomatopoeia - correct answers A word which resembles the sound it denotes Alliteration - correct answers The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginnings of words Assonance - correct answers The repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words Euphony - correct answers Lines of a poem that are musically pleasant to the ear Cacophony - correct answers Lines of a poem which are discordant and/or difficult to pronounce Rhythm or Meter - correct answers The ordered rec...

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sound - correct answers The use of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition to appeal to the listener when poetry is read aloud meter - correct answers No repetition of stressed or unstressed syllables. Rhythm is more like spoken language. couplet - correct answers A rhymed paired lines in a poem end rhyme - correct answers Rhythm at the end of the lines in the poem imagery - correct answers Language that appeals to the reader's five senses. figurative language - correct answers Used by ...

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Alliteration - correct answers the repetition of consonant sounds especially at the beginning of words. ex: sad steps, gray as the gloomy skies, a noble knight assonance - correct answers the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry or prose consonance - correct answers the repetition of consonant sounds ex. add & read, mill & ball, town & burn connotation - correct answers the emotional associations called up by a word that goes beyond just the dictionary definition de...

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Narrative Poetry - answer-tells a story. Ballad - answer-is a traditional poem that tells a story. They are often written to be sung or read aloud. Blank Verse - answer-is a type of poetry with unrhymed lines, but a regular "beat" or pattern of syllables. Elegy - answer-is a poem of seriousness and sorrow. An elegy is often about the death of someone whom the poet admired. Epic - answer-tells of a legendary hero of history or tradition Free Verse - answer-is poetry that is free ...

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