Revision for Midterm

Question 1

Identify the figurative device: “Walking along the shore, I witnessed the dancing waves and whistling birds”.

Answer 1

Personification; the “waves” are given the human attribute of “dancing”. Notice that the “whistling birds” is not a personification because birds are able to whistle.

Question 2

What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche?

Answer 2

Metonymy is a figure that replaces an object closely related to it while synecdoche is when a part is used to represent the whole.

Question 3

How many syllables are there in the word “breathe”?

Answer 3

One syllable

Question 4

What foot is the word “summer”?

Answer 4

Trochee

Question 5

What foot is represented by X X / ?

Answer 5

Anapest

Question 6

What could be the connotation of winter?

Answer 6

Cold, snow, Christmas, season, snowman, white, freezing, ice

Question 7

What foot is stressed / unstressed / unstressed?

Answer 7

Dactyl

Question 8

What is this figure of speech?
The man in his golden age helped me with my groceries.

Answer 8

Euphemism

Question 9

What is the meter of seven repetitions of (XX/) foot?

Answer 9

Anapestic heptameter

Question 10

“I have a thousand questions for you !” What is the figure of speech used in this sentence.

Answer 10

Hyperbole

Question 11

In which decade of the 20th century did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

Answer 11

1920s

Question 12

What foot is the word “lion”?

Answer 12

Trochee

Question 13

What could someone say during a big snowstorm to make an understatement?

Answer 13

Example: It is snowing just a bit
or
It is barely snowing

Question 14

If someone says, “It seems to be raining a little,” in the middle of a hurricane, what would be the figure of speech in his comment?

Answer 14

Understatement

Question 15

Identify the figurative device: “The strange monotony of the empty city streets unnerved me to my core”.

Answer 15

Oxymoron; the adjective “strange” and noun “monotony” are in direct opposition.

Question 16

How do you call a line that has seven feet?

Answer 16

Heptameter

Question 17

What did romanticist prioritize over reason?

Answer 17

Emotions and feelings

Question 18

What is this figure of speech: he ate his whole plate

Answer 18

Metonymy since he did not actually eat the plate but rather its content

Question 19

How many feet is monometer?

Answer 19

One

Question 20

“How frugal is the Chariot”
Rewrite this line using the simplest words possible.

Answer 20

How cheap is the cart.

Question 21

What is the most literal meaning of a word called? What does it refer to?

Answer 21

Denotation; it is the meaning of a word regardless of what one may feel about it. Dictionary meaning.

Question 22

Explain the difference between an anaphora and an epistrophe.

Answer 22

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or a group of words at the beginning of successive lines while epistrophe is the repetition of a word or a group of words at the end of successive lines.

Question 23

Identify the meter in the following line: “You booked the night train for a reason”

Answer 23

Iambic tetrameter with an extra unstressed syllable.

Question 24

What is this figure of speech and explain: Why don’t you take the wheel?

Answer 24

Synecdoche since the wheel represents the car as a whole

Question 25

Identify the euphemism and the understatement in the next sentence. 1. After the company downsized, a few employees were let go. 2. During a nuclear world war, someone could say: It is not the end of the world.

Answer 25

Understatement: 2 Euphemism: 1

Question 26

I am a figure of speech used to diminish a reality in a humorous/ironic way . Am I an "understatement" or a "euphemism" ?

Answer 26

Understatement

Question 27

What is a word that evokes something to someone called? Also referred to as a suggestion.

Answer 27

Connotation

Question 28

What is the denotation of a chair?

Answer 28

It is a piece of furniture with a back, a seat and usually four legs that is made to sit on.

Question 29

What is the figure of speech in the line? Explain. You are slithering your way out of here.

Answer 29

It is an implied metaphor since "you" is being compared to a snake that slithers without explicitly saying that you are a snake.

Question 30

Identify the meter in the following line: “Up the mountain, / Down the valley”

Answer 30

Trochaic dimeter

Question 31

What are the types of connotation?

Answer 31

Personal and individual or general and universal

Question 32

Explain the following personnification: "Death warmly welcomed and embraced me".

Answer 32

Death is given the human attributes of embracing and being welcoming.

Question 33

What is the sound device here ? Please, Pam, peas and ham on my pasta, not fleas and pus !

Answer 33

Alliteration of /p/ There is also an internal rhyme (Pam and ham).

Question 34

Identify the meter: / X / X / X / X / X / X / X / X

Answer 34

Trochaic octameter

Question 35

Identify the foot: maximum

Answer 35

This is a dactyl

Question 36

Identify the foot: “ / / “

Answer 36

Spondee

Question 37

Identify the meter: “Happy the man whose wish and care / A few paternal acres bound”

Answer 37

Iambic tetrameter with a trochaic substitution on the first foot.

Question 38

What is this figure of speech and explain: Washington told Ottawa it should become its 51st state

Answer 38

Metonymy since Ottawa and Washington are used to replace the president/prime minister

Question 39

Did romanticist use simpler or enriched vocabulary?

Answer 39

Simpler vocabulary

Question 40

Identity and explain the figure of speech in the following lines: Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.

Answer 40

It is an Anaphora because the words, “Some say” are repeated at the beginning of the lines. Explanation: It builds intensity and emphasizes the multiplicity of opinions.

Question 41

Identify the meter: “Go, and catch a falling star”

Answer 41

Trochaic tetrameter with a missing unstressed syllable.

Question 42

What is this figure of speech and explain: I am grateful to have a roof over my head

Answer 42

Synecdoche since the roof is used to talk about the house

Question 43

What is the figure of speech? You are a snake. Your words are venom. Your skin is a set of scales.

Answer 43

It's an extended metaphor since all the lines are metaphors that compare "you" to a snake.

Question 44

Identify and define the following figurative device: "I will be spending the night with my Romeo".

Answer 44

Allusion; an inserted reference to another literary work and/or media piece. Often the referenced work is well known and popular.

Question 45

Which group of people were affected by the Harlem Renaissance?

Answer 45

African-Americans

Question 46

In which decade of the 20th century did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

Answer 46

1920s

Question 47

Did romanticists use simpler or more enriched vocabulary?

Answer 47

Simpler vocabulary

Question 48

What did romanticists think was more important than reason?

Answer 48

Feelings and emotions