12th Grade Chapter 4 Quiz

Before you begin reading a poem, you must identify what?

• What it is about

• The subject

• The author

• The argument

When authors use language that appeals to the five senses it is called:

• Personification

• Imagery

• Connotation

• Metaphor

What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

• Denotation is the literal meaning, connotation is the cultural feelings behind it.

• Connotation is the literal meaning, denotation is the cultural feelings behind it.

• They mean the same thing.

• None of the above.

Which of these is an example of an oxymoron?

• Wild Civility

• Only the tip of the iceberg

• As calm as a sleeping child

• He was dead and alive

Which of these is considered to be a comparison transition ( more than one answer)

• Like

• However

• Similarly

• Although

The key to close analysis in poetry is:

• Making connections between style and meaning

• Annotation of the work

• Understanding what the text is saying

• Grasping the subject of the poem

A pause in a line of poetry is called what

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Syntax

• Diction

The arrangement of specific words, phrases, clauses, and sentences is called what

• Inversion

• Syntax

• Enjambment

• Imagery

What is a form of poetry used to meditate on or address an object?

• Elegy

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Lyric

an "icy glare" is an example of what type of figurative language

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Extended Metaphor