Poetic and Literary Devices: Review

Question 1

'Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word'

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 2

Choose the most correct sentence:

Accepted Answer

The poet uses formal and elevated diction in the poem.

Question 3

'limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text'

Accepted Answer

literal

Question 4

'witty language used to convey insults or scorn'

Accepted Answer

satire

Question 5

'using words that imitate the sound they denote'

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 6

'attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas'

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 7

'the repetition of similar vowels in successive words'

Accepted Answer

assonance

Question 8

The attitude that is conveyed towards the subject matter in a poem

Accepted Answer

Tone

Question 9

'a figure of speech expressing the resemblance between things'

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 10

'poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter'

Accepted Answer

free verse

Question 11

'passing reference or indirect mention'

Accepted Answer

allusion

Question 12

'conjoining contradictory terms'

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 13

The "voice" that we are hearing as we read a poem

Accepted Answer

The speaker

Question 14

Something concrete represents something abstract

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Symbolism

Question 15

'correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines'

Accepted Answer

rhyme

Question 16

'the act of doing or performing again'

Accepted Answer

repetition

Question 17

'the subject matter and message of a poem or novel'

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 18

'incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs'

Accepted Answer

irony

Question 19

figurative

Accepted Answer

not literal

Question 20

'a humorous play on words'

Accepted Answer

pun

Question 21

'a description designed to appeal to at least one of the five senses'

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 22

'a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem'

Accepted Answer

stanza

Question 23

'extravagant exaggeration'

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 24

'an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs'

Accepted Answer

rhythm

Question 25

Decisions a poet makes about rhyme, rhythm, stanzas and line composition

Accepted Answer

structure

Poetic and Literary Devices: Review

Questions 25

Poetic and Literary Devices: Review

Questions 25