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"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit" is an example of
allusion
apostrophe
chiasmus
metaphor
2
"Double double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble" is an example of
connsonance
metaphor
litotes
oxymoron
3
"That kiss is comfortless as frozen water to a starved snake" is an example of
metaphor
paradox
simile
oxymoron
4
"Of those effects for which I did the murder, / My crown, mine own ambition and my queen" is ?
paradox
metonymy
antithesis
anaphora
5
What is the meter? "Double Double Toil Trouble"
dactylic dimeter
iambic pentameter
trochaic tetrameter
iambic tetrameter
6
Which poem tells a story?
villanelle
ode
ballad
rhyme royal
7
"Draw thy honest sword" is an example of
hyperbole
chiasmus
synesthesia
personification
8
Which would most likely inspire an ode?
jealousy
a mad crush
a Greek lute
a cat
9
(Fortinbras) hath not failed to pester us with message importing the surrender of lands lost"
antithesis
litotes
anaphora
periphrasis
10
I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes" is an example of
chiasmus and assonance
personification and metaphor
hyperbole and assonance
personification and simile
11
"My love is as wide as the ocean and bigger than the sky!" is and example of
metaphor
synesthesia
personification
simile
12
Which poem was favored by Dante?
rhyme royal
ode
narrative
terza rima
13
"Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" is an example of
oxymoron and personification
metaphor and alliteration
synecdoche and personification
consonance and chiasmus
14
"We were as twin lambs that did frisk in the sun, and bleat one at the other" is an example of
apostrophe and allusion
simile and onomatopoeia
alliteration and oxymoron
simile and metaphor
15
Which poem has stanzas of 7 lines?
bob and wheel
terza rima
villanelle
rhyme royal
16
"Farewell, fair cruelty!" is an example of
oxymoron and apostrophe
metaphor and simile
hyperbole and apostrophe
oxymoron and simile
17
"Her heart, a serpent, beat in time with the knife."
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
apostrophe
18
"O,were my eyeballs into bullets turn’d, that I in rage might shoot them at your face!" is a/an
personification
metaphor
apostrophe
oxymoron
19
Which poem form looks the most like a box on the page?
sonnet
free verse
blank verse
haiku
20
What is the meter? "Along the beach; along the sand, I cried."
iambic pentameter
dactylic dimeter
trochaic tetrameter
iambic tetrameter
21
What are the names of Ms. Cardoza-Starnes' 4 cats?
Lucy, Zelda, Scotty and Hamlet
Zelda, Murphy, Maggie Moo and Lucky
Little One, Dixie, Gatsby and Parker
Autumn, Jinx, Arthur and Salem
22
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" is an example of
allusion
synesthesia
synecdoche
apostrophe
23
"He hates like Mars and avenges like Zeus" is an example of
allusion and personification
chiasmus and personification
allusion and simile
simile and metaphor
24
"Purple were the boat sails and perfumed; the winds were love-sick with them" is an example of
metaphor
synecdoche
personification
metonymy
25
Which poem form is the Odyssey written in?
epic
narrative
elegy
dramatic monologue
26
"The orchestra plays yellow cocktail music; the opera of voices pitches a higher key" is a/n
apostrophe
alliteration
allusion
synesthesia
27
What is the meter? "By the light of the moon"?
anapestic dimeter
iamabic trimeter
anapestic tetrameter
dactylic dimeter
28
Which poem ends in a couplet?
ballad
elegy
Italian sonnet
English sonnet
29
"I kiss’d thee before I kill’d thee: no way but this; to die upon a kiss" is an example of
alliteration and assonance
personification and metaphor
synecdoche and chiasmus
oxymoron and synecdoche
30
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil" is an example of
chiasmus
personification
periphrasis
synesthesia
31
"If music be the food of love, play on!" is an example of
metaphor
synecdoche
chiasmus
personfication
32
"The rain in Cambria is mainly along the same beach" is an example of which poetic device?
rhyme
alliteration
consonance
assonance
33
What is blank verse?
unrhymed iambic tetrameter
rhymed iambic pentameter
a sonnet without rhyme
unrhymed iambic pentameter
34
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" is ?
anaphora
apostrophe
metonymy
antithesis
35
Which has repeating first and third lines and a refrain?
ode
villanelle
terza rima
sonnet
36
"Parting is such sweet sorrow" is an example of
metaphor, synesthesia and apostrophe
alliteration, metaphor and oxymoron
oxymoron, consonance and assonance
simile and alliteration and couplet
37
Whose theme song would best be an elegy?
Darl in AILD
Death in The Book Thief
NIck in Gatsby
Chief in Cuckoo's Nest
38
What is the meter?
Merrily, Jennifer, carried on.
anapestic trimeter
dactylic tetrameter
trochaic tetrameter
dactylic trimeter
39
"Gotta give it on up to the glock glock, pop pop, better drop when them buckshot blow" is a/an
synesthesia, chiasmus, alliteration, apostrophe
personification, alliteration, chiasmus, consonance
onomatopoeia, connsonance, assonance, alliteration
alliteration, oxymoron, allusion, assonance
40
"Goodnight, oh moon and stars and fire!" is an example of
oxymoron
assonance
apostrophe
simile
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"I must hear from thee every day in the hour/ For in a minute there are many days" is a/an
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
couplet
allusion