Reading SOL ReviewQuestions 1

Define “rhyme scheme.”

• The pattern in which final syllables sound alike in lines of poetry

• Example: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

What is “meter”?

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

U/ U/ U/ U/ U/

--?-- is the repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry

• Alliteration

“Susan sells seashells at the seashore.”

“Pentameter” means --?--

• Five units of meter for a line of poetry

A sonnet has --?-- lines.

• 147? 14? 28?56? 112?

“Chronological” means --?--

• Using a logical order of time, such as moving from beginning to ending

“Spatial” order refers to --?--

• the logical description of an object or location

Define “metaphor.”

• Comparison of two unlike objects or things

• Time flies.

• The car engine purred.

• The ship plowed through the sea.

A simile is --?--

• A comparison using “like” or “as”

• Example: The library was as hot as a furnace.

• Example: The bedroom smelled like a dirty pair of socks.

“Ironic” means --?-- or --?--

• Surprising or unexpected

• Opposite of what is anticipated

Meow. Meow.

Define “couplet.”

• Two rhyming lines of poetry

How many lines in a . . .quatrain?octave?sestet?

• quatrain = 4

• octave = 8

• sestet = 6

Define “onomatopoeia.”

• Words that sound like their meaning

• Examples: Bees buzz. Chains clink and clank.

“Ka-boom!”

First person pronoun?Second person pronoun?

Third person pronoun?

• First = I

• Second = you

• Third = he, she, it, they

What is an elegy?

• a sad poem about dying

What does the antagonist do?

• The character who causes conflict for the main character(or the protagonist).

What is “blank verse”?What is “free verse”?

• Blank = Unrhymed iambic pentameter

• Free = no rhyme or meter

Define “lyrical poem.”

• Personal poetry that deals with emotions

How do “end rhyme” and “approximate rhyme” differ?

• End rhyme = the final syllables of lines of poetry sound alike (mat, hat, bat, sat)

• Approximate rhyme = the final syllables look as though they should sound alike (stood, flood)

Narrative poetry tells a --?--

• story

The End of Review 1

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