12 Questions
What type of figure of speech is the phrase 'the clouds wept'?
Personification
Which poetic device uses associated words like 'red=love' or 'red=anger'?
Metonymy
Which poetry term refers to the repetition of end consonant sounds, like 'shock/cheek' or 'fallen/melon'?
Consonance
What is the term for a 14-line rhymed poem usually written in iambic pentameter?
Sonnet
Which of the following is a type of foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable?
Dactyl
What is the term for a pause in the middle of a line of poetry, often indicated by punctuation?
Caesura
Which type of poem expresses personal feelings and thoughts in imaginative language?
Lyric
What is the term for two or more lines that say the same thing in different ways?
Synonymous parallelism
Which type of poem features a hero undergoing adventures and is important in history?
Epic
What does antithetic parallelism involve?
Two lines with contrasting thoughts
In a shaped poem, what does the poet use the space creatively to do?
Form a shape with lines and stanzas
What is the term for a clever short poem, often satiric, that considers a single thought?
Epigram
Test your knowledge of various literary devices such as verisimilitude, imagery, personification, apostrophe, metonymy, synecdoche, and symbolism. Identify and understand how these techniques are used in writing and poetry.
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