Literary Unit List 1

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a phrase or sentence?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Ambiguity

• Diction

Which term describes the use of words that imitate sounds?

• Allusion

• Iamb

• Onomatopoeia

• Verse

What is the term for uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language?

• Ambiguity

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Diction

Which of the following is a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable?

• Verse

• Iamb

• Stanza

• Allusion

What is a single line of poetry called?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Diction

• Onomatopoeia

What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem known as?

• Alliteration

• Stanza

• Iamb

• Ambiguity

Which term refers to a writer's or speaker's choice of words?

• Diction

• Allusion

• Verse

• Onomatopoeia

What is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Ambiguity

• Iamb