7 Written Questions

1. a poetic device of comparison of two things without using a direct comparison (like or as)
2. a poetic device describing words that sound like what they mean
3. anything which signifies something else
4. recognizable patterns of stresses or accents in a stream of speech or line of poetry
5. a play on words that seem similar in sound but have diverse meanings
6. juxtapostion of two words which when considered separately are contradictory but form a complete unit of thought
7. a group of lines in a poem that are somehow connected either by idea or form

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. a persuasive authorial presence throughout a work of literature
   1. Verse
   2. Tone
   3. Sonnet
   4. Voice
2. a four line stanza
   1. Pun
   2. Stanza
   3. Paradox
   4. Quatrain
3. a statement that seems contradictory, yet may be interpreted in a way that makes sense
   1. Paradox
   2. Pun
   3. Symbol
   4. Quatrain
4. a poetic device whereby two unlike things are compared using "like or as"
   1. Sonnet
   2. Voice
   3. Symbol
   4. Simile
5. a poem expressing the supposed peace and simplicity of rural life in an idealized setting
   1. Pastoral
   2. Meter
   3. Symbol
   4. Tone
6. lines of poetry
   1. Verse
   2. Tone
   3. Voice
   4. Meter

6 True/False Questions

1. Tone → a lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of fourteen iambic pentameter lines liked by an intricate rhyme scheme

   True        False

2. Sonnet → expression of a literary speaker's attitude to his listener; mood

   True        False

3. Personification → a poetic device which assigns human characteristics to a non-human thing

   True        False

4. Octameter → a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables to create rhythm

   True        False

5. Meter → a poetic device of comparison of two things without using a direct comparison (like or as)

   True        False

6. Lyric poem → short poem uttered by a single speaker

   True        False