Which of the following does NOT describe diction?

A figure of speech which combines incongruous and apparently contradictory words and meanings for a special effect. 

All of the following are examples of figures of speech except: 

It includes the formality of the language, the emotional content, the imagery, the specificity, and the sounds of the words.

Imagery is characterized by the following EXCEPT:

  It refers to the selection of words in a literary work. 

It is a direct and explicit address either to an absent person or to an abstract or nonhuman entity. 

What word is considered antiquated in the passage below? “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, Or all the riches that East doth hold.”

What refers to series of lines grouped together and separated by a space from others? 

“There was a young lady of station‘

I love man’ was her sole exclamation;

But when men cried: ‘You flatter,

’ She replied, ‘OH no matter

Isle of Man is the true explanation.'”

What rhyme scheme is applied in the poem? 

1.    What type of poetry is usually organized into quatrains or cinquains, has a simple rhythm structure, and tells the tales of ordinary people? 

What type of poetry is exemplified in the poem,

“A single leaf dances in the breeze,

Unguided and unafraid

Testament to nature’s freedom

Unconventionally beautiful

Mesmerizing in its movements

nature’s ballerina”? 

“But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,

Feed'st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel,

Making a famine where abundance lies,

Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.”

What stanza is displayed in the poem? 

The poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells the story of an old sailor who has returned from his voyaging and wants to share the terrible things he has encountered on the high seas. What time of poetry is this? *

She was so scared that she turned as white as a ghost.

What figure of speech is displayed in the sentence?

Read the text below.

"A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance."

-"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth

The predominant sensory imagery employed in this paragraph is _________________________________.

Read the text below.

"In the hard-packed dirt of the midway, after the glaring lights are out and the people have gone to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of popcorn fragments, frozen custard dribbling, candied apples abandoned by tired children, sugar fluff crystals, salted almonds, Popsicle, partially gnawed ice cream cones and wooden sticks of lollipops."

-Charlotte's Web

The predominant sensory imagery employed in this paragraph is _________________________________.

Which of the following is written in a formal diction?

Technical writing is good for specific audiences.