the author's attitude toward a subject

What is the BEST example of repetition in Gertrude Stein's poem "Susie Asado"?

Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea. / Susie Asado.

A motif in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" is...

overcoming and ascending beyond someone/something else

the running over of one line of poetry into the next line

the emotions the author makes the reader feel

An example of alliteration is...

Here I see white wintry weather...

Lyric poetry uses all of the following elements EXCEPT:

breaking rules of spelling/punctuation

an author's choice and use of words

the repetition of the sound of a vowel

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1
Tone is...
the author's attitude toward a subject
the atmosphere of the text
the same as mood
the emotions that the author makes the reader feel
2
This line embodies which device: "My Daddy pillowcase got craters"
enjambment
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
3
E.E. Cummings breaks conventional rules in his unique style of ___________ poetry.
free verse
experimental
lyric
narrative
4
What is the BEST example of repetition in Gertrude Stein's poem "Susie Asado"?
These are the wets these say the sets...
A lean on the shoe this means slips slips hers...
Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea. / Susie Asado.
When the ancient light grey is clean it is yellow...
5
A motif in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" is...
falling a long distance
dangerous weather
the color red
overcoming and ascending beyond someone/something else
6
What is enjambment?
the repetition of the same consonant sounds
the jamming of multiple forms of poetry together
the use of images in poetry
the running over of one line of poetry into the next line
7
Mood is...
a gloomy topic
the emotions the author makes the reader feel
the same as tone
the author's attitude toward a subject
8
An example of alliteration is...
Rapping through the subway, I wait...
Jolly merry day today...
Under the Tuscan sky we met...
Here I see white wintry weather...
9
Lyric poetry uses all of the following elements EXCEPT:
breaking rules of spelling/punctuation
personal experience(s)
personal pronouns
deep emotion
10
What is diction?
an author's choice and use of words
details in a text
The content of a dictionary
the positive and negative associations of a word
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What is assonance?
the repetition of the sound of a consonant
the use of rhyme in a stanza
the running over of a line of poetry into the next line
the repetition of the sound of a vowel

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