intro to poetry

In books, text is organized by sentences and paragraphs. But in poetry, the text is organized by:

• lines and stanzas

• ballads and novels

• phrases and pages

• nothing

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Connotation is...

• the dictionary definition of a word or phrase.

• the figurative meaning of a word or phrase.

• kind of like math.

• how you pronounce a word.

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"Her eyes are like the sun" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• synonym

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What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

The tree danced around in the breeze, is an example of...

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

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Whack! Went the fly swatter as I hit the fly, is an example of...

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

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The following excerpt from "Annabel Lee" contains examples of what?

“It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know …

I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea,"

• metaphor

• simile

• repetition

• haiku

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Which of the following best describes the point of view the following poem is written in?

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow;

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• dynamic

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What is mood?

• The theme

• The author's attitude/feelings

• The reader's attitude/feelings

• The main idea

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Which of the following is language that appeals to the senses?

• idiom
• imagery
• allusion
• hyperbole

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