What is colloquialism?

Words that are native to a region

One word/phrase subbed for another it's closely aligned with

An example of chiasmus is

She has all my love; my heart belongs to her

An example of verbal irony is...

I enjoyed the movie as much as a root canal

Which are examples of slang?

"like totally" "barf me out" "gnarly", "Yolo" "awk" "salty" "triggered"

What is the difference between consonance and assonance?

One=repetition of consonants; other=repetition of vowels

Which is NOT an example of jargon?

Attaboy, beat it, triggered, dope

An omission of conjunctions in a sentence

Dividing poetry into metrical feet

An error in time or chronology in literature

Choose the example of alliteration

Josh joked jocundly with jolly Josie

Divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet

What is the definition of undertone?

An attitude that lies under the tone of the work

A poem that doesn't adhere to rules of poetry

Examples of oxymoron are:

Deafening silence, Military justice, Blinding sight

Which is an example of aphorism?

Forgive and forget, You're never too old to learn, All that glitters is not gold, Once bitten, twice shy

What is an archetype?

A universal story, character, symbol that repeats

The subject of an elegy is:

Mourning the passing of someone or something

An example of anaphora is:

Five years have passed/Five summers/Five long winters...

What is the purpose of asyndeton?

It shortens a sent. & focuses on its meaning

balancing/contrasting 1 term against another

I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats high o'er vales...

What is the purpose of polysyndeton?

It is to achieve an artistic effect

A statement using double negatives "not bad"

A poem that celebrates dawn or 2 lovers parting at dawn

A 19-line poem that has 5 tercets and a quatrain

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What is colloquialism?
Words that are native to a region
Diction that is generational
An extended metaphor
Out of time and place of text
2
What is metonymy?
An extended metaphor
A break or pause in the middle of a line of poetry
One word/phrase subbed for another it's closely aligned with
An omission of conjunctions
3
An example of chiasmus is
Blinding sight
She has all my love; my heart belongs to her
He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for his men
"Lit" "triggered" "No problem"
4
An Italian sonnet is divided into:
A stretto and an arpeggio
3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet
An octave and a sestet
5
An example of verbal irony is...
My love is a sweet, red rose
I enjoyed the movie as much as a root canal
I eat at Burger King every day
The people are exulting
6
What is an example of an extended metaphor?
Heart of Darkness
In the Time of the Butterflies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Which are examples of slang?
"like totally" "barf me out" "gnarly"
"14ers" "granola" "Rocktober"
"Yolo" "awk" "salty" "triggered"
"LoDo" "Front Range" "RiNo"
8
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" (Animal Farm) is an example of?
Litotes
Aphorism
Juxtaposition
Paradox
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What is the difference between consonance and assonance?
They are both sounds the alphabet makes in sentences
They are cousins of one another.
Con means against something; asson means for something
One=repetition of consonants; other=repetition of vowels
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An example of parallelism is...
That is a salty response
Do or do not, there is no try
O heart! heart! heart!
"Like father, like son"
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Which is NOT an example of colloquialism?
"Breck," "The Springs," Greeley-smell
Triggered, Lit, Dope
Pop, Coke, sneakers
Fourteener, Boulderite
12
Which is NOT an example of jargon?
SCOTUS, POTUS, FLOTUS
AWOL, 10-4, Copy that
Attaboy, beat it, triggered, dope
ACT, SAT, IB, AP
13
Asyndeton is...
An omission of conjunctions in a sentence
Part of a song that repeats
A short sentence
An error in time or chronology
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An example of zeugma is...
The port is near, and the bells are ringing
The butterfly lit upon the branch
We shared a life and a menu.
Like father, like son
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Scansion is:
A poem that mourns the passing of an individual
Dividing a poem into quatrains and couplets
When something is going to happen but doesn't
Dividing poetry into metrical feet
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What is anachronism?
Words that go beyond their literal meanings
Addressing someone or something not present
An error in time or chronology in literature
A form of poetry that celebrates dawn
17
Choose the example of alliteration
Ann ate an abundance of apples annoyingly with abandon
Joe left Jordan and drive toward Jersey
Josh joked jocundly with jolly Josie
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An English sonnet is
Divided into 8 couplets
Divided into 3 quatrains and a couplet
Divided into stanzas that rhyme
Divided into an octave and a sestet
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What is the purpose of litotes?
It has no actual purpose
It focuses on little parts
To overemphasize an idea
To convey an understatement
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What is blank verse?
No rhyme but iambic pentameter
An absence of verse
Dactylic hexameter
21
What is the definition of undertone?
It's another name for litotes
When your friend says she's fine but you know she's not
An attitude that lies under the tone of the work
It is the literal definition of tone
22
Free verse is:
A poem that doesn't adhere to rules of poetry
A poem with a particular structure and rhyme
A type of poem that rhymes
23
"The flowers grow/the wind it blows" is an example of?
Masculine rhyme
Feminine rhyme
Bad poetry
Internal rhyme
24
Synesthesia is:
an appeal to the five senses
divided into an octave and a sestet
a poem about sheep and nature
a very short sentence
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Examples of oxymoron are:
Deafening silence
Best friend forever
Military justice
Blinding sight
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Which is an example of aphorism?
Forgive and forget
You're never too old to learn
All that glitters is not gold
Once bitten, twice shy
27
Balancing 2 or more clauses against each other by the reversal of their structures IS:
Parallelism
Chiasmus
Meiosis
Juxtaposition
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What is an archetype?
A reference to something else
Employs an understatement by using double negatives
Adds different layers of meaning to a text
A universal story, character, symbol that repeats
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The subject of an elegy is:
Mourning the passing of someone or something
Death and forgiveness
Love and friendship
Dawn and separation
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An example of anaphora is:
You've got a friend in me. In me you've got a friend.
Five years have passed/Five summers/Five long winters...
And we will sit upon the rocks, watching shepherds
Life is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury
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What is the purpose of asyndeton?
It shortens a sent. & focuses on its meaning
It's actually a run-on
It is a complex form of poetry
There is no purpose
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What is the synonym of extended metaphor?
Chiasmus
Caesura
Aphorism
Conceit
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An example of synecdoche is?
I like French fries!
I'll use plastic today
A little learning is dangerous
The woods are lovely dark and deep
34
Juxtaposition is:
understatement
balancing/contrasting 1 term against another
overstatement
positioning a word or phrase in a sentence
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Which is lyric?
We are young...set the world on fire...
25 years and my life is still trying to get up that hill
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats high o'er vales...
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What is the purpose of polysyndeton?
It is a form of syntax
It shows writing that lacks control
It is to achieve an artistic effect
It is a form of complex poetry
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Litotes is:
A statement using double negatives "not bad"
A statement with two positives "really good"
A sentence with too many commas
A statement that contradicts itself
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What is an example of feminine rhyme?
Error/terror; over/rover
Bend/send; light/bright
riding/ride
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An aubade is
A French poem that has repetition in it
A poem mourning the passing of someone or thing
A 14-line poem about love
A poem that celebrates dawn or 2 lovers parting at dawn
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A villanelle is:
A poem that mourns the passing of someone
A 14-line poem that has 3 quatrains and a couplet
A 19-line poem that has 5 tercets and a quatrain
A poem that celebrates dawn

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