Notes

A _____ is a formal division of lines in a poem. Many poems are divided into these by spaces. They often function just like paragraphs in prose.

Response: STANZA

Correct answer: STANZA

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 2
_____ is an exaggerated statement used to heighten the effect. (for example: “I am so hungry I could eat an elephant.”)

Response: hyperbole

Correct answer: hyperbole

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 3
_____ is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. (for example: “The angry sun glared at the sunbathers.”)

Response: personification

Correct answer: personification

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 4
The _____ of a piece of writing is the feeling it creates in the reader.

Response: mood

Correct answer: mood

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 5
_____ is the author’s attitude toward a subject, like serious, sarcastic, solemn, objective, enthusiastic, humorous, hostile, disapproving, personal, or impersonal.

Response: tone

Correct answer: tone

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 6
The _____ of a poem is its central message about life.

Response: theme

Correct answer: theme

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 7
A _____ is a person, place, event, or object that stands for or represents something else.

Hint: this is not a metaphor

Response: symbol

Correct answer: symbol

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 8
The _____ of a word is the feeling associated with the word--emotional, cultural, or traditional associations surrounding it aside from its literal meaning. For example, thrifty and penny-pinching have the same basic meaning, but thrifty is more positive.

Response: connotation

Correct answer: connotation

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 9
Writers use _____ to appeal to the reader's senses, like sight, sound, touch.

Response: imagery

Correct answer: imagery

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 10
_____ is poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern, or meter. There's no fixed structure.

Response: symbol

Correct answer: free verse

Score: 0 out of 1 No

Question 11
_____ is the use of words that imitate sounds. Crash, buzz, hiss, slither, cluck, and zing are all examples.

Response: Onomatopoeia

Correct answer: Onomatopoeia

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 12
A _____ is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. It points out a similarity between two unlike things. (for example: “Life is a bowl of cherries.”)

Response: simile

Correct answer: metaphor

Score: 0 out of 1 No

Question 13
A _____ is a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike things. (for example: “My heart was like a yo-yo.”)

Response: metaphor

Correct answer: simile

Score: 0 out of 1 No

Question 14
_____ is any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to state ideas in new and imaginative ways.

Response: figurative language

Correct answer: figurative language

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 15
_____ is the use, more than once, of any element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence.

Response: REPITITION

Correct answer: REPETITION

Score: 0 out of 1 No

Question 16
_____ is the repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. For example, the buzzing bees fly behind the barn. Writers use this to draw attention to certain words, point out similarities and contrasts, create mood, and create musical effects in their writing. Tongue twisters are great examples of this.

Response: alliteration

Correct answer: alliteration

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Assignment
Type: Quiz
Max score: 16
Category: Practice
Due: Jan 19
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