SOL End of Course Reading Quick Review. Define “rhyme scheme.” pattern in which final lines of poetry sound alike What is the rhyme scheme of an English.

SOL End of Course

Reading

Quick Review

Define “rhyme scheme.”

pattern in which final lines of poetry sound alike

What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Define “couplet.”

two rhyming verses

How many verses are in a quatrain?

four verses(lines)

My uncle was a rock during his divorce.

Which poetic device is used?

Metaphor

What is a “stanza?”

a group of verses in a poem

What is a “rhetorical question?”

a question that does not need an answer

Which question is rhetorical?

Have you found the outlet?Have you lost your mind?Have you filled in the application?Have you forgotten my name?

Have you lost your mind?

What is an “anecdote?”

an amusing story, usually about real people

What is “sensory imagery?”

descriptive details that appeal to the five senses

A --?-- is a repeated phrase or verse of poetry.

refrain

--?-- uses human qualities to describe something not human.

personification

“And the face of the waters that spread away / Was as

gray as the face of the dead.”Paul Laurence Dunbar

What poetic device is used in these verses?

personification

"He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.” Raymond Chandler

What poetic device is used?

simile

What is “blank verse.”

unrhymed iambic pentameter

What is “free verse.”

no rhyme, no meter

Define “lyrical.”

personal, emotional poetry

What is “first person point of view?”

using “I”(narrator is main character)

What is a “symbol?”

something physical that suggests an idea or value

What are some symbols of the United States?

flag, Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam

My computer hates me.

Which poetic device is used?

personification

“Works Cited” means --?--

those sources actually used in a research paper

What is “plot?”

series of events in a story

Define “Romanticism” in fiction.

giving an idealized or perfect portrayal of life

What is “Realism?”

giving a picture of daily, often harsh, life

My best friend Eddie is such a “Robin Hood” fellow.

Which literary device is used?

Literary allusion

Takita is such a couch potato.

Which poetic device is used?

metaphor

The Heavy Weight class of wrestlers look like a group of

Hercules.

What device is used?

mythological allusion

My friend Susie has the courage of Rosa Park.

What device is used?

historical allusion

An --?-- is a comment muttered under the breath in a

play.

aside

What is plagiarism?

Using someone’s exact words or ideas without giving credit

A tragedy is a play that ends with --?--

death

What is “conflict?”

a struggle between opposing forces

How many kinds of conflict are there?

5

Who is the “antagonist?”

the character who is in conflict with the protagonist

“Prologue” means --?--

introduction

“It was a half-baked idea.”

What poetic device is used?

metaphor

The sky was full of dancing stars.

Which poetic device is used?

personification

“Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and

sometimes you weep."Carl Sandburg

simile

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Best of luck on the End of Course Reading Test.

Remember to have a positive attitude and to use process of

elimination.

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