LUOA English 9 Final UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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LUOA English 9 Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER- A stanza is a poem or portion of a poem. Each stanza is a
certain number of lines. Stanzas are set apart from each other by spaces above and below.
They are used for the same purpose as paragraphs in pro...
LUOA English 9 Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER- A stanza is a poem or portion of a poem. Each stanza is a
certain number of lines. Stanzas are set apart from each other by spaces above and below.
They are used for the same purpose as paragraphs in prose.
Quatrain - CORRECT ANSWER- A quatrain is a stanza of four lines.
Couplet - CORRECT ANSWER- A couplet is two lines of verse, usually in the same meter
and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Rhyme - CORRECT ANSWER- Two or more words which contain matching sounds: for
example, "ball" and "fall." Typically the sounds that match are at the end of the word.
Internal rhyme - CORRECT ANSWER- An internal rhyme is words that rhyme in the same
line ("I found the ground at last") or in the middle of lines ("The tree that held me / So free
and high").
Rhyme scheme - CORRECT ANSWER- The pattern in which words in a poem rhyme. The
rhyme schemes are distinguished by letters, like ABAB, AABB, or AAAC. Each letter is
associated with a word's sound. When that sound is repeated, that same letter represents the
same sound.
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER- The cadence, or beat, of poetry. Rhythm is created by
putting stress on some syllables but not others in a line (da-DA da-DA da-DA).
Meter - CORRECT ANSWER- A rhythmic pattern (usually in formal poems)
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER- The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Allusion - CORRECT ANSWER- A reference to something the poet is sure the audience will
know
, Analogy - CORRECT ANSWER- A comparison between two things
Apostrophe - CORRECT ANSWER- An address to a thing or person
Assonance - CORRECT ANSWER- Two or more words in the same line or sentence that
have the same or similar vowel sounds
"I tried to light the fire"
Consonance - CORRECT ANSWER- Two or more words in the same line or sentence that
start with the same consonant sound"Slithery snakes steal sleep from the students"
Imagery - CORRECT ANSWER- The words the poet uses to create pictures in the reader's
mind
Metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER- A comparison between two objects without using the
words "like" or "as"
"The defensive line was a brick wall"
Onomatopoeia (Onna-motta-PEE-ah) - CORRECT ANSWER- The sound of the word
imitates or resembles the meaning of the word; for example, "Pow" "Smash" "Plop"
Oxymoron - CORRECT ANSWER- A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory
terms appear in conjunction
"Deafening silence"
Paradox - CORRECT ANSWER- Something that seems self-contradictory
Parallelism - CORRECT ANSWER- Parts of a line have a grammatically similar structure,
often repeating a specific word, phrase, or idea"I love you and you love me"
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER- Giving human characteristics to non-human objects
or animals"The tree lifted its leafy arms to the sky"
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