Matching Pairs LIT Poetry MatchingOnline version Match the items by Rebecca Morales 1 A.G. Bell's Invention 2 Assonance 3 Allusion 4 Satire 5 Alliteration 6 What is the main theme of the poem? 7 Eli Whitney's Invention 8 Irony 9 The invention of the Wright Brothers 10 What part of the poem contains the informal, conversational tone that interrupts the sestet pattern? 11 Richard Gatling's invention 12 Light Diction single-purpose inventions are more useful in daily life than elaborate ones repetition of a vowel sound the asides the use of irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of politics and other issues two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound often found in poetry that attempts to be humorous a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical or political significance a contrast between expectations for a situation and what is reality.