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What is one characteristic of poetic diction?
Use of technical Jargon
Plain and simple language
Use of figurative languages to create a poetic mood
Use of elevated language and imaginative expressions
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Which of the following literary techniques are commonly used in poetic diction?
Alliteration
Punctuation marks
enjambment
anaphora
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Which of the following terms describes the use of contradictory words or phrases in a balanced manner for poetic effect?
Oxymoron
Caesura
Juxtaposition
Euphemism
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Which of the following poetic forms consists of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable scheme?
Villanelle
Haiku
Sonnet
Pantoum
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Why did the author say that the subject of the poem is a "foster-child of silence and slow time"?
To say that the subject is quiet and peaceful
To imply that the pottery has been destroyed recently after perserving.
To say that it is a product of suppression and the inert government style.
To say the flowery tales on the pottery has been wiped out by humans
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Which of the following literary devices involves the repetition of sounds at the beginning of neighboring words?
Assonance
Alliteration
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
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Poetic diction refers to...
Prose writing
Dramatic dialogue
A style of writing that utilizes rhetorical devices common in poetry
The style and choice of words used by poets
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What is the term for a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable?
Iamb
Trochee
Anapest
Dactyl
