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English Quiz on Poetry Terms, created by dcy355 on 06/05/2013.

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Poetry Terms

Question 1 of 9

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writer's or speaker's attitude toward his subject, his audience, or himself; the emotional coloring, or emotional meaning of a work

Select one of the following:

  • Tone

  • Mood

Explanation

Question 2 of 9

1

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

Select one of the following:

  • Tone

  • Mood

Explanation

Question 3 of 9

1

Word choice, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language

Select one of the following:

  • Denotation

  • Diction

  • Connotation

Explanation

Question 4 of 9

1

What is the basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word?

Select one of the following:

  • Diction

  • Denotation

  • Connotation

Explanation

Question 5 of 9

1

What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning.

Select one of the following:

  • Connotation

  • Denotation

  • Diction

Explanation

Question 6 of 9

1

A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history

Select one of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Allusion

Explanation

Question 7 of 9

1

Repetition of the initial consonant sound

Select one of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Allusion

Explanation

Question 8 of 9

1

a word that imitates the sound it represents

Select one of the following:

  • Onomatopoeia

  • Assonance

Explanation

Question 9 of 9

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repetition of consonants other than at the beginning of words

Select one of the following:

  • Assonance

  • Consonance

  • Alliteration

Explanation

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