Reading SOL Review Questions 1

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Reading SOL ReviewQuestions 1
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Define rhyme scheme.

• The pattern in which final syllables sound alike
  in lines of poetry
• Example ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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What is meter?

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

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

• Alliteration

Susan sells seashells at the seashore.
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Pentameter means --?--

• Five units of meter for a line of poetry

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A sonnet has --?-- lines.

• 14

7? 14? 28? 56? 112?
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Chronological means --?--

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

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Spatial order refers to --?--

• the logical description of an object or location

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Define metaphor.

• Comparison of two unlike objects or things
• Time flies.
• The car engine purred.
• The ship plowed through the sea.

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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.

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Ironic means --?-- or --?--

• Surprising or unexpected
• Opposite of what is anticipated

Meow. Meow.
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Define couplet.

• Two rhyming lines of poetry

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How many lines in a . . .quatrain?octave?sestet
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• quatrain 4
• octave 8
• sestet 6

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Define onomatopoeia.

• Words that sound like their meaning
• Examples Bees buzz. Chains clink and clank.

Ka-boom!
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First person pronoun?Second person
pronoun?Third person pronoun?

• First I
• Second you
• Third he, she, it, they

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What is an elegy?

• a sad poem about dying

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What does the antagonist do?

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

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What is blank verse?What is free verse?

• Blank Unrhymed iambic pentameter
• Free no rhyme or meter

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Define lyrical poem.

• Personal poetry that deals with emotions

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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)
  

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Narrative poetry tells a --?--

• story

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