Definitions Of Certain Poetry Terms

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    "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of....

    • Alliteration
    • Assonance
    • Cliche
    • Parable
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  • 2. 

    When using a word that has other associations in addition to its basic meaning is called a....

    • Connotation

    • Denotation

    • Hyperbole

    • Oxymoron

    Correct Answer
    A. Connotation
  • 3. 

    "Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground" is an example of....

    • Assonance

    • Alliteration

    • Hyperbole

    • Parallelism

    Correct Answer
    A. Assonance
  • 4. 

    Which of these below, best defines a ballad?

    • A story in a song, a saga of a past affair (may be heroic etc.)

    • Poem that combines the words and the shapes of words to show the theme or moral

    • Unrhymed poetry with a meter based on five iambic feet in each line

    • A lyric poem full of dignified feeling often addressed to some person or thing

    Correct Answer
    A. A story in a song, a saga of a past affair (may be heroic etc.)
  • 5. 

    A concrete poem...

    • Combines words the make shapes representing the theme or moral

    • Doesn't use any rhymes, metre or rhythm

    • Expresses a character's thoughts

    • Shows a hint or symbol of future events

    Correct Answer
    A. Combines words the make shapes representing the theme or moral
  • 6. 

    "Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze" is an example of....

    • Analogy

    • Personification

    • Colloquial

    • Jargon

    Correct Answer
    A. Analogy
  • 7. 

    Representing ideas or feelings that have little or no resemblance to physical things is called ______.

    • Abstract

    • Allusion

    • Fantasy

    • Paradox

    Correct Answer
    A. Abstract
  • 8. 

    An anecdote is....

    • Short account of some interesting or amusing incident or event

    • A word, phrase or clause that is referred to by a pronoun or relative adverb

    • A short, simple story used to teach a truth or moral lesson

    • The representation of a thing or idea as a person or having human qualities

    Correct Answer
    A. Short account of some interesting or amusing incident or event
  • 9. 

    An antecedent action is....

    • Short account of some interesting or amusing incident or event

    • A word, phrase or clause that is referred to by a pronoun or relative adverb

    • A short, simple story used to teach a truth or moral lesson

    • The representation of a thing or idea as a person or having human qualities

    Correct Answer
    A. A word, phrase or clause that is referred to by a pronoun or relative adverb
  • 10. 

    A colloquial is used mainly and purposfully in...

    • An informal conversation

    • Story

    • Essay

    • Lyric

    Correct Answer
    A. An informal conversation

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