Literary Devices Quiz: Verisimilitude, Imagery, Personification, and More
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What type of figure of speech is the phrase 'the clouds wept'?

  • Metonymy
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Simile
  • Personification (correct)
  • Which poetic device uses associated words like 'red=love' or 'red=anger'?

  • Assonance
  • Metonymy (correct)
  • Synecdoche
  • Symbolism
  • Which poetry term refers to the repetition of end consonant sounds, like 'shock/cheek' or 'fallen/melon'?

  • Assonance
  • Consonance (correct)
  • Metonymy
  • Synecdoche
  • What is the term for a 14-line rhymed poem usually written in iambic pentameter?

    <p>Sonnet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a type of foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable?

    <p>Dactyl</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a pause in the middle of a line of poetry, often indicated by punctuation?

    <p>Caesura</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of poem expresses personal feelings and thoughts in imaginative language?

    <p>Lyric</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for two or more lines that say the same thing in different ways?

    <p>Synonymous parallelism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of poem features a hero undergoing adventures and is important in history?

    <p>Epic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does antithetic parallelism involve?

    <p>Two lines with contrasting thoughts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a shaped poem, what does the poet use the space creatively to do?

    <p>Form a shape with lines and stanzas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a clever short poem, often satiric, that considers a single thought?

    <p>Epigram</p> Signup and view all the answers

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