Honors English 10 Poetry Test

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poem that tells a story, often in ballad fom

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narrative

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comparison of two things, uses like or as

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simile

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comparison of two things, does not use like or as

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metaphor

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the use of one word in place of another suggested by close associations

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metonymy

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give human qualities to things or ideas

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personification

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direct address to inanimate objects, an absent person, or a deity

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apostrophe

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obvious exaggeration

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hyperbole

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use of words whose real meaning is the opposite of that intended

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irony

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use of words that produce images or meaning

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onomatopoeia

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repetition of initial sounds of words

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alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds

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consonance

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repetition of vowel sounds

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assonance

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pleasing combination of sounds

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euphony

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harsh, jarring combination of sounds

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cacophony

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repetition of word or phrase for effect

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refrain

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a part used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part

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synecdoche

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rhythmic lines of poetry based on a regular succession of accents

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measured verse

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rhythmic lines of poetry based on the rhythm of speech

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free verse

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the mechanics of poetry, understanding meter, rhyme, and stanza structure

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versification or prosody

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made up of feet

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meter

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usually one accented syllable and one or more unaccented syllables

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foot

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meter with one unaccented, one accented

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iambic

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meter with one accented, one unaccented

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trochaic

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meter with two unaccented, one accented

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anapestic

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meter with one accented, two unaccented

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dactylic

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feet with two accented

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spondaic

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feet with two unaccented

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pyrrhic

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natural break or pause in the rhythm

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caesura

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analysis of a line of poetry to determine its metric pattern

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scansion

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rhyme ends accented

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masculine rhyme

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rhyme ends unaccented

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feminine rhyme

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rhyme that only looks similar, but when spoken sound different

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visual rhyme

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a rhyme in which the sounds are similar, but not exact

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near rhyme

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a stanza of four lines

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quatrain

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one group of eight lines abbaabba, one group of six lines cdecde

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Italian or Petrarchan sonnet

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three quatrains abab, cdcd, efef, and a concluding couplet gg

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English or Shakespearean sonnet

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a clause or sentence carries over into the next line

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run-on

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a clause or sentence ends with the line

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end-stopped

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a poem that tells a story in short stanzas, originally songs

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ballad

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poem that tells a story, often in ballad form

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narrative