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A review for the Poetic Devices Quiz #english #literarydevices #poeticdevices
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The central idea, meaning, or message in the poem
Paraphrase
Theme
Subject
Imagery
2
Which poetic devices are used? They chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Battery Park to the Bronx
idiom & hyperbole
hyperbole & simile
rhyme & personification
hyperbole & alliteration
3
What is this an example of: "I think that I shall never see / A poem as lovely as a tree."
Enjambment
Anaphora
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
4
What is a
simile
?
An insult
A beautiful facial expression
A comparison of 2 things using like or as
A comparison of two things NOT using like or as
5
Which terms are
NOT
used to discuss poetry?
sound devices & form
rising action & climax
diction, tone, irony
imagery, figurative language, symbols
6
What poetic devices are being used? For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly.
personification & metaphor
metaphor & idiom
simile & alliteration
alliteration & metaphor
7
shape/keep; moon/run; hold/bald are all examples of what type of rhyme?
rhyme
end rhyme
slant rhyme
internal rhyme
8
What is a
stanza?
Set of lines in a poem
When one word means something else
Group of words
A rhyme
9
When you repeat lines in a poem it is called?
repetition
alliteration
copying
refrain (or a chorus in a song)
10
The moon is faithful, although blind
What poetic device is being used?
hyperbole
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
11
In Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," what is FIRE?
Alliteration
Theme
Irony
Symbol
12
What poetic device is being used? I lost my freedom for free room and board / like a monkey in a zoo
simile
personification
idiom
rhyme
13
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil is an example of what poetic device?
refrain
anaphora
repetition
epistophre
14
What literary device is present in this picture?
Metaphor
Allusion
Stanza
Motif
15
The pans clattered and banged / the tapping of the wooden spoon / tap, tap, tap What poetic device is being used?
idiom
onomatopoeia
rhyme
simile
16
What is
onomatopoeia
?
Using a word over and over
Words that look like sounds (BOOM!)
The non-dictionary definition of a word
The author's attitude
17
What is
personification?
A comparison of two things
Giving human characteristics to non-human items
A dance style
The meaning of a work
18
ABBAA is an example of a notation for what poetic device?
Motif
Rhyme Scheme
Metaphor
Irony
19
Time is a green orchard. What poetic device is being used?
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
20
Dr. King's “I Have a Dream” speech is an example of what poetic device?King uses “I have a dream,” to begin 8 sentences.
epistophre
repetition
alliteration
anaphora
21
When you repeat words in a poem it is called?
copying
repetition
refrain
alliteration
22
What is the
denotation
of a word?
Its dictionary definition
The non-literal meaning
The way it is spelled
Overuse of a word
23
I could stare into your eyes as / a thousand years come and go What poetic device is being used?
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
anaphora
24
What poetic devices are being used? Life is a bowl of cherries
metaphor & idiom
idiom & simile
metaphor & personification
metaphor & hyperbole
25
All of the elements of a poem help to create the...
mood
theme
story line
symbol
26
Which terms do you use when discussing diction in a poem?
informal and formal
connotation & denotation
setting and theme
colloquialism, jargon & dialect
27
What poetic devices are being used? At dusk there's a thin haze like cigarette smoke / ribbons
consonance & idiom
assonance & simile
alliteration & metaphor
simile & alliteration
28
What is "STOP (Keep Moving)" an example of?
Paradox
Oxymoron
Irony
Hyperbole
29
What is this image an example of?
Theme
Irony
Motif
Metaphor
30
"You just gotta ignite the light" is an example of what?
Diction
Simile
Connotation
Internal rhyme
31
That'll be the day when pigs fly. What poetic device is being used?
personification
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
32
A poem that tells a story is what type of poem?
dramatic poem
lyric poem
narrative poem
epigram
33
This test will be a piece of cake. What poetic devices are being used?
personification & hyperbole
hyperbole & idiom
metaphor & alliteration
idiom & metaphor
34
What is
tone?
When consonant sounds are repeated
Author's attitude conveyed through perspective & words
The meaning of a work
Word choice of an author
35
Name the type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions & thoughts of a single speaker
lyric
dramatic
narrative
epic
36
What is the
connotation
of a word?
The amount of times the word is used in a text
The rhyme of a word
Implied meaning of a word (how a word makes you feel)
Dictionary definition of a word
37
What figurative language is used in this poem the most?
simile
metaphor
extended metaphor
allusion
38
What poetic devices are being used? This falling spray of snow-flakes is / a handful of dead Februaries
Personification & Allusion
Idiom & Hyperbole
Imagery & Allusion
Personification & Alliteration
39
"She sells sea shells at the seashore" is an example of what?
Tone
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
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What is the voice used by the author in the poem?
Narrator
Speaker
Poet
Author
