Revision for Midterm Flashcards
Identify the figurative language in the following sentence.
“Government of the people,
by the people,
for the people”
Epistrophe
Find the foot in the word “daffodils.”
It’s a dactyl
identify which rhyme this is:
“Life is a journey we learn,
a cycle which we yearn.”
End-rhyme
Besides Claude McKay, which author is associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:
“From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice”
AABCBCB
In what century did the Romanticism movement take place?
19th Century
Which literary movement was led by African Americans in the US, where they were forced to live in a racist society?
Harlem Renaissance
Identify the meter in the following line: “ In vacant or in pensive mood”.
Iambic tetrameter
Name a poem that we read in class that is part of Romanticism
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
What is the difference between connotation and denotation
Connotation is the literal sense of the word while denotation is symbolic/cultural sense
Name the movement that emphasizes the emotions, the individuality and subjectivity
Romantic movement
Which literary device is in this line: “Life is a rollercoaster.”
Metaphor
What could be the connotation of the word “Home”?
Warmth, love, security, comfort, etc.
What figure of speech is in this phrase:
“This is old news.”
Oxymoron
What is the figure of speech: I would rather bleed myself to death than accept your offer!
Hyperbole
What type of irony is used when the viewer knows something that the character does not know and that creates a tension ?
Dramatic irony
A near rhyme is when two words have similar but not identical sounds. It is also referred to as a _______ rhyme.
Slant
Identify the meter in the line “And the sound of a voice that is still.”
Anapestic trimeter
What is the figure of speech: Her life is eternal.
Hyperbole
Someone saying that the weather is nice when it is raining outside represents what type of irony?
Verbal irony
What could be the connotation of “She was blue”
She was sad
What figure of speech makes a situation intentionally seem less dramatic or important than it actually is?
Understatement
What is the figure or speech: I have seen this movie a hundred times
Hyperbole
What is the figure of speech: Your dog is in a better place.
Euphemism
Identify the figurative language in the following sentence: This man has an herculean force!
allusion
What is the difference between metaphor and simile
A simile compares with “like” or “as”, while the metaphor makes the comparison indirectly.
Which figure of speech addresses someone who is not present in the poem?
Apostrophe
What is the figure of speech used: “Wall Street reacted positively to the economic stimulus package.”
Metonymy
What is the figure of speech: I am in between jobs at the moment.
Euphemism
What is the figure of speech: She is under the weather.
Euphemism
Identify the figurative language in the following sentence.
“Stay safe
Stay well
Stay happy”
Anaphora
What litterary device is used in “He trains like a Spartan”
Allusion
Identify the figure of speech: “War tore through the country”
Personification
Identify the figure of speech: “His nose is never wrong”
Synecdoche
Identify the figure of speech: “The storm clouds angrily gathered overhead.”
Personification
Identify the figurative language in the following sentence.
“Stealing from them doesn’t make you
Robin hood”
Allusion
