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What is the term for the word and syntax choices of a poet?
What is the term for the word and syntax choices of a poet?
- Connotation
- Denotation
- Diction (correct)
- Persona
What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like', 'as', or 'than'?
What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like', 'as', or 'than'?
- Simile (correct)
- Metaphor
- Conceit
- Persona
What is the term for giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or to abstractions?
What is the term for giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or to abstractions?
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Irony
- Personification (correct)
What is the term for a direct address to a nonhuman thing, abstraction, or person not physically present?
What is the term for a direct address to a nonhuman thing, abstraction, or person not physically present?
What is the term for the literal meaning of a word?
What is the term for the literal meaning of a word?
What is the term for a narrative that exists simultaneously on at least two levels, a literal level and a second level of abstract meaning?
What is the term for a narrative that exists simultaneously on at least two levels, a literal level and a second level of abstract meaning?