Romanticism and Transcendentalism Quiz

What is the definition of alliteration?

• The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• The author's attitude toward a subject.

What is the definition of meter in poetry?

• The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• The author's attitude toward a subject.

What is the definition of personification?

• The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• The author's attitude toward a subject.

What is the definition of rhyme scheme?

• The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• The pattern of rhymes in a poem.

What is the definition of slant rhyme?

• Words that rhyme partially but not completely.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• The author's attitude toward a subject.

What is the definition of tone?

• The use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together.

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.

• The author's attitude toward a subject.

• Any description that appeals to the senses.

Which poet wrote the poem 'When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer'?

• Emily Dickinson

• Walt Whitman

• Both Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman

• Unknown

Romantics value ____________ over reason

• Ambition

• Education

• Intuition

• Society

What did the Romantics value more?

• City Life

• Life in Nature

Who drives the carriage in "Because I could not stop for death"?

• Prince Charming

• the white knight

• her father

• Death