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Ekphrasis and Poetic Expression

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

Select the best answer for: What is ekphrasis?

a)

A written response to an art work that is analytical in nature

b)

An imaginative written response to artwork

c)

A story about someone painting a famous piece of art

d)

A poem that is written next to a piece of art

2.

What is the tool that deepens your ekphrasis?

a)

Reason

b)

Emotion

c)

Imagination

d)

Sense Perception

3.

What's an example of 'poetic' language?

a)

a paragraph

b)

a narrative

c)

a metaphor

d)

a semi-colon

4.

What's a metaphor?

a)

a comparison of two similar things

b)

a comparison of two dissimilar things

c)

a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

d)

an exaggeration for effect

5.

What's an example of a metaphor?

a)

He is like my baby brother, immature.

b)

He is the WORST driver I've ever seen!

c)

He is a snake in the grass.

d)

Talking to him is like talking to a brick wall.

6.

What is figurative language?

a)

Language that is literal.

b)

Language that is used to give directions.

c)

Language that deviates from the conventional meaning.

d)

Language that is ironic.

7.

Which answer represents what is NOT figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

juxtaposition

8.

What is a simile?

a)

a comparison of two similar things

b)

a comparison of two dissimilar things using 'like' or 'as'

c)

an understatement

d)

an apostrophe

9.

What is hyperbole?

a)

an exaggeration for effect

b)

an understatement

c)

a comparison using like or as

d)

a word that represents a sound

10.

What is imagery?

a)

a sound device

b)

words that appeal to the five senses

c)

something is said that is not meant literally

d)

a form of narrative

11.

What is a sound device that emphasizes the repetition of consonants at the beginning of closely connected words?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

rhyme

c)

assonance

d)

alliteration

12.

What is a word that represents the sound something makes?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

exact rhyme

c)

alliteration

d)

assonance

13.

What do you call a paragraph in poetry?

a)

still a paragraph

b)

a stanza

c)

a line break

d)

a quatrain

14.

What is the emotional high point of a narrative?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

denouement

15.

Which perspectives are appropriate for an ekphrasis?

a)

that of an observer

b)

that of a character or an object within the painting

c)

that of the art itself

d)

that of a person reflecting on their own experience

e)

all of the above

16.

What form is appropriate for an ekphrasis?

a)

a poem

b)

a story

c)

a dialogue

d)

a letter

e)

all of the above