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