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English poetry lit devices Test

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of 18 available terms

6 Written Questions

6 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. The basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry
  2. A four-line stanza which may be rhymed or unrhymed
  3. A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line or lines of poetry
  4. A pause within a line of poetry which may or may not affect the metrical count //
  5. A metrical pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
  6. A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed

6 True/False Questions

  1. DenotationThe implied or associative meaning of a word.

          

  2. ToneTone expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject.

          

  3. StanzaA lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed

          

  4. CoupletA stanza of two lines, usually rhyming

          

  5. Cacaphony/EuphonyA construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjuctions.

          

  6. ConnotationThe implied or associative meaning of a word.