Poetry of resistance

Question 1

Escapism

Answer 1

The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in other, more appealing realities.

Question 2

Subversion

Answer 2

The undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.

Question 3

Censure

Answer 3

To express severe disapproval of, or anger toward, someone or something.

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

A direct, non-literal comparison between two subjects, whereby one is named as the other.

Question 5

Parallel structure

Answer 5

The repetition of the same (or very similar) sentence structure in succession.

Question 6

Motif

Answer 6

A recurrent symbolic element in a text, such as a sound, action, word or event, used to enrich or embed the ideas or themes present.

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

The overall feeling of a text, affected by the author’s attitude and conveyed through diction.

Question 8

connotation

Answer 8

Ideas and emotions associated with words or phrases beyond their literal denotation.

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

A more indirect, non-literal comparison between two subjects, often using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 10

personification

Answer 10

The attribution of human traits or characteristics to a non-human subject, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.