Word Choice, Word Order, and Tone

The general pattern of word choice a poet uses is called

• colloquial
• syntax
• diction
• tone

What diction does the following line have: "disporting with pliant arm o'er a glassy wave"?

• formal
• colloquial
• middle
• poetic

A connotation of bird is

• a feathered animal with wings
• freedom

A speaker created by the poet is also called a 

• persona
• protagonist
• character
• ambiguity

In the line "His notice sudden is," Emily Dickinson is using

• poetic diction

• frustrated tone

• inverted syntax

• ambiguity

Which of the poems from the chapter was the best example of dramatic monologue?

• Back When All Was Continuous Chuckles
• Hazel Tells LaVerne
• Latin Night at the Pawn Shop
• Manners