ELA ELA Poetry Analysis 3

Question 1

What is an 'extended metaphor' in a poem?

Accepted Answer

A comparison sustained throughout all or part of the poem

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A metaphor used only at the poem's start

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A metaphor that rhymes

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Question 2

Which poetic device is used when a poet addresses an absent or imaginary person directly?

Accepted Answer

Apostrophe

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Allusion

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Irony

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Hyperbole

Question 3

In poetry, what does 'imagery' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Language that appeals to the senses to create mental pictures

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The use of pictures alongside poems

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The poem's central message

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The pattern of line lengths

Question 4

What is an 'iamb' in poetry?

Accepted Answer

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

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Two stressed syllables in a row

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Two unstressed syllables in a row

Question 5

Which term refers to the central message or insight about life that a poem conveys?

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Theme

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Subject

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Plot

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Refrain

Question 6

What is 'assonance' in poetry?

Accepted Answer

Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Words that imitate sounds

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End rhyme in a poem