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Poetry & Figurative Language Review

Poetry & Figurative Language Review. Bluff Game. 1. Define an iamb. Define an iamb. Answer: A poetic foot that goes unstressed-stressed. 2. Which word below is an iamb? Explain how you’re sure. *Telephone *Pencil *Lamb *Create.

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Poetry & Figurative Language Review

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  1. Poetry & Figurative Language Review Bluff Game

  2. 1. Define an iamb.

  3. Define an iamb. Answer: A poetic foot that goes unstressed-stressed.

  4. 2. Which word below is an iamb? Explain how you’re sure. *Telephone *Pencil *Lamb *Create

  5. 2. Which word below is an iamb? Explain how you’re sure. *Telephone *Pencil *Lamb *Create Answer: Create--two syllables, unstressed-stressed.

  6. 3. What does it mean to scan poetry?

  7. 3. What does it mean to scan poetry? Answer: To mark up the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry and to mark between the feet.

  8. 4. Define a quatrain.

  9. Define a quatrain. Answer: A poem or stanza with four lines.

  10. 5. How many poetic feet are there in a line of iambic pentameter?

  11. How many poetic feet are there in a line of iambic pentameter? Answer: Five

  12. 6. What is a “shared line”?

  13. What is a “shared line”? Answer: A line of iambic pentameter poetry shared between two speakers.

  14. How many syllables would you expect to find in a shared line? You can’t say--it varies Five Ten Twenty

  15. How many syllables would you expect to find in a shared line? You can’t say--it varies Five Ten Twenty Answer: C ten

  16. 8. Tell the difference between free verse and blank verse.

  17. Tell the difference between free verse and blank verse. Answer: Blank verse has a set meter (iambic pentameter) but no rhyme. Free verse has no set rhyme scheme nor meter.

  18. Tell the rhyme scheme of the poem below: “There was an old man who supposed, That the street door was partially closed; But some very large rats, Ate his coats and his hats, While that futile old gentleman dozed!”

  19. Tell the rhyme scheme of the poem below: “There was an old man who supposed, That the street door was partially closed; But some very large rats, Ate his coats and his hats, While that futile old gentleman dozed!” Answer: aabba

  20. 10. Is this line iambic pentameter? Explain. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (Shakespeare)

  21. 10. Is this line iambic pentameter? Explain. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (Shakespeare) Answer: Yes. It’s a line of five iambs, going unstressed-stressed.

  22. 12. Is this line iambic pentameter? Explain. “The brain is deeper than the sea.” (Dickinson)

  23. 12. Is this line iambic pentameter? Explain. “The brain is deeper than the sea.” (Dickinson) Answer: No. It’s a series of only four iambs (unstressed-stressed.)

  24. 13. Tell the rhyme scheme of a sonnet.

  25. Tell the rhyme scheme of a sonnet. Answer: abab cdcd efef gg

  26. 14. A reference to something famous is called ____________

  27. A reference to something famous is called ____________ Answer: An allusion

  28. 15. Define hyperbole.

  29. Define hyperbole. Answer: an exaggeration for literary effect.

  30. 16. Use of two opposite words right next to one another in a sentence is called _____________.

  31. Use of two opposite words right next to one another in a sentence is called _____________. Answer: an oxymoron

  32. A sentence with a surface meaning that doesn’t make sense but also a deeper meaning is ___________

  33. A sentence with a surface meaning that doesn’t make sense but also a deeper meaning is ___________ Answer: a paradox

  34. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox, pun “I was walking when I witnessed a waddling walrus.”

  35. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “I was walking when I witnessed a waddling walrus.” Answer: alliteration

  36. 19. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “That gymnast is a diamond in the rough.”

  37. 19. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “That gymnast is a diamond in the rough.” Answer: metaphor

  38. 20. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “Christy wasn’t a Scrooge, but she rarely purchased anything except the bare necessities.”

  39. 20. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “Christy wasn’t a Scrooge, but she rarely purchased anything except the bare necessities.” Answer: allusion, metaphor

  40. 21. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “Death lies on her like an untimely frost on the sweetest flower in all the field.” (Shakespeare)

  41. 21. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “Death lies on her like an untimely frost on the sweetest flower in all the field.” (Shakespeare) Answer: simile, personification

  42. 22. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “As their relationship worsened, they felt alone together all the time.

  43. 22. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “As their relationship worsened, they felt alone together all the time. Answer: oxymoron

  44. 23. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox “When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.”

  45. 23. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.” Answer: pun, personification

  46. 24. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “The hungry chainsaw growled loudly.”

  47. 24. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “The hungry chainsaw growled loudly.” Answer: personification

  48. 25. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “Her hair was black silk.”

  49. 25. Tell which device or devices are used in this sentence. Alliteration, allusion, personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox , pun “Her hair was black silk.” Answer: metaphor

  50. BONUS: How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

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