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