Poetic Devices, Imagery, and Still I Rise - Grade 10 English

A set of Question-and-Answer style flashcards covering key terms, devices, and concepts from the lecture notes on poetry, imagery, and related topics.

What does the word 'BOFFO' mean?

An informal term meaning extremely good or successful.

What does the word 'EXEMPLARY' mean?

Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.

What does the word 'ADROIT' mean?

Clever or skilful in using hands or minds.

What are poetic devices?

Tools and techniques poets use to create rhythm, enhance meaning, evoke emotion, and make writing more vivid.

What is alliteration?

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

Name a classic tongue twister that demonstrates alliteration.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is assonance?

Repetition of vowel sounds within words with different end consonants.

What is rhyme?

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

What is paradox?

A statement that contradicts itself (e.g., 'The beginning of the end').

What is hyperbole?

An intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.

What is imagery?

The use of sensory details to create mental images and evoke emotions; involves the five senses.

What is visual imagery?

Imagery that helps you imagine what you see; e.g., 'The golden sunlight streamed through the towering trees…'

What is auditory imagery?

Imagery involving sounds.

What is gustatory imagery?

Imagery involving taste.

What is olfactory imagery?

Imagery involving smell.

What is tactile imagery?

Imagery involving touch.

What is the 'sound of words' in poetry?

How words are pronounced and heard, including phonemes and syllables, shaping meaning and impact.

What is syntax in poetry?

The arrangement of words within a line or sentence.

What is meter?

The rhythmic pattern in poetry—the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

What is monometer?

1 foot per line.

What is dimeter?

2 feet per line.

What is trimeter?

3 feet per line.

What is tetrameter?

4 feet per line.

What is pentameter?

5 feet per line.

What is hexameter?

6 feet per line.

What is heptameter?

7 feet per line.

What is octameter?

8 feet per line.

What is a stanza?

A section of a poem grouped by number of lines.

List common stanza types and their line counts.

Couplet (2), Triplet/Tercet (3), Quatrain (4), Quintet (5), Sestet/Sextet (6), Septet (7), Octave (8).

What is blank verse?

Poetry with meter but no rhyme, often in an iambic pattern.

What is free verse?

Poetry with no regular pattern; open form.

What is fixed form poetry?

Poems that follow strict patterns of lines, meters, rhymes, and stanzas.

What is the physical structure of a poem?

Line length, line breaks, stanza structure, rhyme scheme, and meter.

What is symbolism in poetry?

The use of objects, people, places, or actions to represent something beyond their literal meaning.

Who wrote 'Still I Rise'?

Maya Angelou.

Who wrote 'The Raven'?

Edgar Allan Poe.

Give a visual imagery example from the notes.

'The golden sunlight streamed through the towering trees, casting intricate shadows that danced upon the forest floor.'

What theme is suggested for the assignment poem?

Dreams vs Reality.

What is the meaning of the word 'BOFFO' in the notes' Word of the Day?

Extremely good or successful.

What is the meaning of the word 'EXEMPLARY' as used in the notes?

Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.

What is the meaning of the word 'ADROIT' as used in the notes?

Clever or skillful in using hands or minds.