What does it mean if a poem is part of an oral tradition?

The poem passed from person to person without being written.

Which line includes a metaphor?

Your courage was a small coal / that you kept swallowing.

What would be considered foreshadowing?

Giving a hint or a clue as to what may happen next.

Which of the following IS NOT a characteristic of an epic?

centered setting on one singular location

Choose the line with the metaphor:

And all the rustic trees wear royal crowns...

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1
What POV will use prounouns such as he, she, and they in the narrative of the work?
1st person POV
4th person POV
3rd person POV
2nd person POV
2
What would be the meaning of the word realization?
Error
Disbelief
Awareness
Apology
3
What component is not part of an explanatory text?
supporting detail
thesis statement
Counterclaim
conclusion
4
What literary element is used to show the traits of characters?
Foreshadowing
Characterization
Suspense
Blank verse
5
What is the definition of the base word of the word "realization"?
to excuse
to mistake
to fool
to understand
6
What is the meaning of the Latin root -sem- and/or -sim-?
move
small
seem
half
7
What does it mean if a poem is part of an oral tradition?
The author of the poem spoke it to someone else to write.
The poem had revisions made each time a person told it.
The poem is performed from a script made for a live audience
The poem passed from person to person without being written.
8
Which line includes a metaphor?
then wringing it out like a sock.
Your courage was a small coal / that you kept swallowing.
when you face old age and its natural conclusion
and concealed it.
9
Words to which prefixes or suffixes are added are called
suffix
Base words
grand pre
prefix
10
In media res refers to:
beginning of the action
end of the action
middle of the action
end of the story
11
Which of these lines includes a simile?
as awesome as an earthquake.
It is in the small things we see it.
The child’s first step,
The first time you rode a bike
12
What would be considered foreshadowing?
Giving a hint or a clue as to what may happen next.
A clue that is meant to be misleading.
Giving extra details that are not important
Happening in the early evening, before the shadows arrive.
13
An elaborate comparison using like or as that may continue for several lines is a:
epic metaphor
metaphor
simile
epic simile
14
Which of the following IS NOT a characteristic of an epic?
often begins in medias res
centered setting on one singular location
features a great leader who embodies the values of a particular society
a long, narrative poem
15
Choose the line with the metaphor:
And all the rustic trees wear royal crowns...
The forest flames with blazes red as blood
To march on the city of his foe
October colors the weeds as though they're in purple gowns

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