LA 9 Unit 4 Test Review

Blank verse is a literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter.

"Frailty. Thy name is woman." This Shakespearean line is an example of oxymoron.

The main poetic device used in the line, "They stood alone together in the deafening silence..." is

“Yellow stokes leaping outward/Like fire bloom – a brightness shouting…”   Which poetic device is NOT used above? 

The main type of imagery being used in the line, "She wiped her brow, all cold and sticky," is:

The use of words whose consonants are partially or totally alike is called

The main poetic device being used in the line, "The tree blushed as the sun kissed her gently," is:

The repetition of vowels in a series of words is referred to as assonance.

"She's like a thousand years old," is an example of hyperbole.

Olfactory imagery is makes the reader imagine things they can smell.

"The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel..." is an example of dissonance.

Tone expresses the writer's attitude towards the subject matter.

There are 5 different types of imagery.

The line, "The wind whispered wildly while I whimpered inside," is an example of alliteration.

The main poetic device in the lines, "Long I stood...Doubting, dreaming, dreams no mortal/Ever dared dream before," is:

Gustatory imagery engages the reader's sense of touch.

The central insight in a poem is called the ___________.

The main poetic device used in the line, "Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments/ Will hum about mine ears..." is:

Metaphor is a comparison using like or as.

The main poetic device used in the line, "O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth..." is: