Fall 2023 Midterm

When you are explaining what is the poem about, you are explaining its

• figurative language

• meaning

• connotation

• denotation

Giving a logical guess based on the facts or evidence presented using prior knowledge to help "read between the lines"

• hyperbole

• inferring

• understatement

• pattern

Which of these lines is from a poem?

• "We passed the fields of grazing grass/we passed the setting sun."

• "What happens to a dream deferred?/Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"

• Lunches, brunches, interviews by the pool/considered a fool 'cause I dropped out of school

• All of the above

A combination of the organization of lines, rhyme scheme, stanzas, rhythm and meter.

• rhythm

• pattern

• free verse

• figurative language

The time and place of the action

• mood

• setting

• tone

• characterization

a group of lines in a poem considered as a unit. These lines often function like a paragraph in prose.

• lines

• paragraph

• introduction

• stanza

Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Ex: Better Botter bought some butter.

• assonance

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison such as like, as, than or resembles

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• symbol

A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement for effect. "If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times..."

• understatement

• tone

• hyperbole

• satire

An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected

• tone

• setting

• mood

• style