Analysis of Baseball

What figurative language device is used in the lines from Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson?

"about 40,000/ fans exploded" (lines 47-48)

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

What figurative language device is used in the lines from Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson?

"Ball/ flirts, bat's/ late, don't/ keep the date" (22-25)

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

How does the combination of sound devices used in Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson impact the poem?

• The use of alliteration, assonance, and consonance creates rhythm that mimics the sometimes fast, sometimes slow rhythm of the game of baseball.

• The use of alliteration, assonance, and consonance creates tongue-twister.

• The use of alliteration, assonance, and consonance creates a melancholy tone in the poem.

• The use of alliteration, consonance and assonance creates a consistently slow, methodical rhythm.

What sound devices are used in the following lines from Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson?"air, or thuds/ground (dud)" (lines 13-14)

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

What is the main theme of the poem 'Analysis of Baseball' by May Swenson?

• A) The excitement and unpredictability of baseball

• B) The historical development of baseball

• C) The technical rules of baseball

• D) The personal life of a baseball player

Which literary device is predominantly used in the poem 'Analysis of Baseball' to convey movement and action?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Onomatopoeia

• C) Simile

• D) Alliteration

In 'Analysis of Baseball', how does May Swenson personify the baseball?

• A) By giving it human emotions

• B) By describing it as a living creature

• C) By attributing it with human actions

• D) By comparing it to a human

What is the effect of the enjambment used in 'Analysis of Baseball'?

• A) It creates a sense of urgency and movement

• B) It slows down the pace of the poem

• C) It emphasizes the end of each line

• D) It creates a sense of confusion

Which of the following best describes the tone of 'Analysis of Baseball'?

• A) Melancholic

• B) Joyful

• C) Playful

• D) Serious

What role does imagery play in 'Analysis of Baseball'?

• A) It helps to visualize the game vividly

• B) It confuses the reader

• C) It detracts from the main theme

• D) It simplifies the language