Midterm Review

Question 1

Identify the figurative language used in this sentence: roses are red, violets are blue
Oh, I would like to be with you.

Answer 1

End rhyme

Question 2

Identify the sound-related literary device in the following lines:
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

Answer 2

Internal rhyme

Question 3

Context: You friend falls, you laugh at him and then you fall.
Is this irony? If so, which kind?

Answer 3

NO, it is a coincidence.

Question 4

Identify the figurative language used in this sentence: He asked for her hand in marriage.

Answer 4

Synecdoche

Question 5

Context: You’re watching the movie “Titanic” and one of the characters leans on the balcony and says: “It’s so beautiful I could just die”
This is an example of ____________ irony.

Answer 5

Dramatic

Question 6

Identify the type of rhyme exemplified by the following excerpt :
I went to town to buy a gown.
I took the car, and it wasn’t far.

Answer 6

Internal Rhyme of the “own” sound and the “ar” sound

Question 7

“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.”

Explain why this is an apostrophe.

Answer 7

It is talking to someone who is not there.

Question 8

Identify the meter:
“But were some child of yours alive that time”

Answer 8

Iambic pentameter

Question 9

Identify the rhythm and meter:

In the blink of an eye

Answer 9

Anapestic Dimeter

Question 10

True or false, an allusion is a repetition of words at the beginning of the verse

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What is the meter in poetry? What effect does it have on the reader?

Answer 11

The meter is the basic unit of rhythm in a line of poetry.

The meter is used to dictate the rhythmical structure of the poem and emphasize certain words. It also allows for a more melodic and fluid reading of the poem.

Question 12

What literary device is this:
“He made a deliberate mistake”

Answer 12

Oxymoron

Question 13

In poetic terms: what is a foot?

Answer 13

A set number of syllables (2 or 3) that are stressed (/) and unstressed (X)

Question 14

What is the effect of a consonance?

Answer 14

to achieve a particular effect of euphony in the poem

Question 15

What is the sound related device used in this sentence: “I feel the need for speed”

Answer 15

Internal rhyme

Question 16

What is the purpose of using assonance in literature?

Answer 16

to create a sense of musicality and unity in a poem or piece of writing. Assonance can also create a sense of mood or emotion.

Question 17

Identify the meter: /x /x /x /

Answer 17

Trochaic Tetrameter with a missing unstressed syllable on the last foot

Question 18

How do poets and writers use sound devices like alliteration, assonance, and consonance to emphasize certain words or ideas in their work?

Answer 18

emphasize certain words or ideas in their work by repeating certain sounds and creating a sense of musicality.

Question 19

What is this literary device: an exaggeration used to create emphasis and/or humor.
a) oxymoron
b) hyperbole
c) irony
d) understatement
e) all of the above

Answer 19

b) hyperbole

Question 20

What can you assume about a speaker who uses the word “oculus” instead of “eye”.

Answer 20

Speaker has higher education and is in a formal context.

Question 21

What are the two components of voice?

Answer 21

Tone and diction

Question 22

Identify the type of rhyme :
if love is like a bridge,
or more like a grudge.

Answer 22

Near rhyme

Question 23

What is the sound related device used in this sentence: “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

Answer 23

Internal Rhyme

Question 24

What is the sound related device used in this sentence: “The dancing dog delighted the children.”

Answer 24

Alliteration

Question 25

What is the sound related device used in this sentence: “The dancing dog delighted the children.”

Answer 25

Alliteration

Question 26

What is the sound related device used in this sentence: “The rose knows what the snow and the frost know.”

Answer 26

Assonance

Question 27

Identify the literary device:

After wrecking your car: “Theres a little scratch.”

Answer 27

Understatement

Question 28

Half a league, half a league
Half a league onward

Answer 28

Dactylic Dimeter with a substituted trochee on the second line in the last foot

Question 29

I would kill someone just to get tickets to one of Ed Sheeran’s concerts.
Is this irony? If so which kind?

Answer 29

No, it is an hyperbole

Question 30

Identify whether this is the connotation or denotation of home.
Home: safety, comfort, sense of belonging

Answer 30

Connotation

Question 31

Identify the rhythm and meter:

Actions speak louder than words

Answer 31

Dactylic Trimeter with two missing unstressed syllables on the last foot

Question 32

Identify the literary device:
“She’s met her maker”

Answer 32

Euphemism; a nicer way of saying she is dead (she has met God, her maker).

Question 33

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: Alan’s jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant.

Answer 33

Simile

Question 34

What is the sound related device use in this sentence: “The pitter-patter of little feet.”

Answer 34

Consonance

Question 35

What is the effect of epistrophe?

Answer 35

Emphasis, bring back the idea

Question 36

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: After the protests, maybe Washington will listen to the voters.

Answer 36

Metonymy

Question 37

Identify the following figure of speech: All the world’ a stage / And all the men and women merely players

Answer 37

Extended Metaphor

Question 38

What is this figure of speech.
You are my Romeo to my Juliet.

Answer 38

Allusion