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10th Grade
05/17/2012

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What is the Greek definition for zeugma? Example.
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zeugma is to yoke / Mercury and hand fly above my head
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example of anadiplosis, anaphora and their opposites
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Term
Define chiamus
Definition
crosswise arrangement
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What does the word haiku literally translated into English?
Definition
humorous
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What does haiku mean or entail?
Definition
light- heartedness / mundane life
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What are the two main difference in haiku when it was reformed?
Definition
because its own from (from orenga), tercet.
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Who reformed haiku?
Definition
Masaoka Shiki
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What does the kigo signify in a haiku
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season of the composition
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What are the sounds called in japanese haiku
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moraes
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How does that differ from the English Language?
Definition
it cannot be translated to syllables
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Apostrophe is a Greek word meaning what?
Definition
to turn away
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What does the definition of the apostrophe mean?
Definition
turn away from the audience
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What three other titles that can be used for an apostrophic poem?
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"you", letter, epistle
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How do you constitute if a poem is an apostriphic one?
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if it contains "you"
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What is usual subject of an apostrophic poem?
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dead, thing, idea
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What does Ekphrasis mean?
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to spread out
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What is the function of Ekphrasis?
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a creative word for response
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What form of art do poets usually utilize to create an ekphrasitc poem?
Definition
Paintings
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Tanka comes from which country?
Definition
Japan
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What century did Tanka originate?
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7th century
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What century did Tanka decline in quality ? Why?
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14th, Renga was formed
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How many lines are in a tanka poem?
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5
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How many moraes are in a tanka poem?
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5,7,5,7,7
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What is a Morae?
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Unit of sounds
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What is the use of a pivot phrase?
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rhetorical contrast where a phrase can have a double meaning of end of one phrase
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What are the common subjects of the tanka?
Definition
season and love
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Sijo comes from which country?
Definition
Korea
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How many lines does a sijo comprise?
Definition
tercet
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When do the major and minor pause occur?
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major - end, minor - middle
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What type of poem is the pantoum?
Definition
Malay verse form
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In the third line of the poem, what happens?
Definition
syntactical paradox, judge, command, counter term, resolution
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What type of stanzas appear in four-line stanza?
Definition
Quartrain
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What is the rhyme scheme?
Definition
abab
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Define 'refrain' as it relates to the poem?
Definition
repeated line
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The ghazal has something similar to refrain, What is it?
Definition
radif
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What is the minimum amount of stanzas a ghazal should have?
Definition
5
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What is a stanza called in this form?
Definition
shers
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Ghazal comes from where?
Definition
Arabic
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What is the rhyme scheme of the ghazal?
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aa ba cadaea
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What was the usual subject of the ghazal?
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mystical love with melancholy mood
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What is another term for Cinquain?
Definition
quintain
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Who created the cinquain we studied in the class?
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Adelaide Crapsey
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What did she die from?
Definition
TB
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How many syllables appear in this form?
Definition
22
Term
What is the syllable breakdown per line?
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2,4,6,8,2
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What is this form influenced by?
Definition
Haiku and Tanka
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Where does the villanelle come from?
Definition
Italy
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Please define villanella
Definition
song / dance
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Define villano
Definition
peasant
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Write out the rhyme scheme for villanelle and describe each part
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A1bA2, abA1, abA2, abA1, abA2, abA1A2.

A1 - first refrain
A2 - second refrain
a - a's
b - b's
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What country was villanelle introduced to in the 16th century?
Definition
France
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What two distinct parts of villanelle existed at 16th century?
Definition
Pastoral subject, refrain
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What century was the villanelle standardized?
Definition
17th
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Name the parts of villanelle
Definition
19 line, 5 tercets, 1 quatrain
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Where does the word Lyric come from?
Definition
Greek instrument called "Lyra"
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What is Lyra similar to?
Definition
guitar-ish harp
Term
What is the lyric's structure?
Definition
it is an element of a song
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What are the 5 quality of a lyric?
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1. Brief
2. Homornize
3. Need to be spontaneous
4. subjective and have personal expression
5. be an invested action of mind upon will
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Sonnet comes from what Italian word?
Definition
Sonetto
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What is the definition of the word sonetto?
Definition
Little song or sound
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What are the 3 types of sonnets?
Definition
Shakespeare, Petrarchan, Spenserian
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What is stanza arrangement and rhyme scheme of Shakespeare sonnet?
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3 quartain and couplets // abab cdcd efefgg
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What is stanza arrangement and rhyme scheme of Spenserian sonnet?
Definition
3 quartain and couplet // abab bcbc cdcdee
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What is stanza arrangement and rhyme scheme of Petrarchan sonnet?
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octo and sestina // abba abba cdecde
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Sestina comes from what Italian words?
Definition
Sesto
Term
What is the definition of Sesto?
Definition
six
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What is the last stanza in a sestina?
Definition
Envoy (tornada)
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What is usual arrangement of the last stanza in reference to its end-words?
Definition
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Please give me the end-word arrangement for the first 6stanzas of the sestina?
Definition
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What is the definition of the Greek word heteroglossia?
Definition
mixing of language
Term
Tell me the famous quote by Sir Philip Sydney about heteroglossia
Definition
"you do not mingle kings and clown"
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Who was that for?
Definition
Shakespeare
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Ode comes from the Greek word aeidein which means?
Definition
to sing and chant
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The ode is a lyrical form, what does that mean?
Definition
It needs music
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The ode is of considerable length. This is the opposite of what form?
Definition
lyric
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What are the 4 qualities of an ode?
Definition
Lyrical, Deication, Serving mood height toward dicho, of considerable length
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Who was Pindar?
Definition
Greek Poet
Term
What was the term of Pindar's famous victory odes and what subject did they pertain to?
Definition
Epinikia, victories of athletes in Olympia
Term
What is a ballad?
Definition
short narrative song
Term
How were ballads passed down through the generations?
Definition
oral tradition
Term
What are the three constants of a ballad?
Definition
single episode, little revealing setting point is catastrophe, conclusion usually goes abrupt

Dramatic

Impersonal
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Explain what dramatic and monologue mean in the term dramatic monologue
Definition
dramatic - vocalization, implies that need audience
monologue - person speaking alone
Term
What is the most important feature of the dramatic monologue? ex?
Definition
irony, resist but requires
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Can a sonnet also be a dramatic monologue?
Definition
Yes
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What does a dramatic monologue emphasize?
Definition
personal
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What is an oxymoron?
Definition
figure of speech, contradicting term
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How is a prose poem an oxymoron?
Definition
material structure
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When did the prose poem originate and by whom?
Definition
18th century, Aloysis Bertrand
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Over the next three centuries, the prose poem has evolved into what?
Definition
Linguistic exercise Tender Buttons, Gertrude
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What is the poetic unit of this form
Definition
sentence
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What is a metaphor?
Definition
comparison
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What is the two key parts and explain their purpose
Definition
tenor - subject
vehicle - sends to embody the tone and analogy
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What is a simile?
Definition
subcategory of metaphor
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How different is simile from metaphor?
Definition
simile is under metaphor
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What is a conceit
Definition
extended metaphor
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Name 5 different feet in the scansion process.
Definition
Iamb U /
Trochee : / U
Dactyl : / U U
Anapest : U U /
Spondes : //
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State the number of feet per line up to six
Definition
mononeter
Dimeter
Trimeter
tetrameter
pentameter
hexameter
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