COMPLETE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS A+
◉ Unrhymed iambic pentameter is called _____. Answer: blank verse
◉ AMERICAN POETRY Answer:
◉ Match the definition to the word.
1. consonant or vowel sounds repeating on stressed syllables
2. saying that one thing is like another
3. repetition of a consonant sound in a series of words
4. stating that one thing is another
5. repetition of a vowel sound in a series of words
assonance
6. giving nonliving things human characteristics
7. words imitating the sound of a specific thing Answer: 1.
alliteration
2. simile
3. consonance
4. metaphor
,5. assonance
6. personification
7. onomatopoeia
◉ Poets create compressed meaning by _____. Answer: using
connotations
◉ An example of personification is _____. Answer: to where life
shrinks
◉ Which of these is not a universal experience discussed in this
lesson as a poetic subject? Answer: faith
> fear
love
hope
◉ "Yet, Cole, thy heart shall bear to Europe's strand..." This line is
_____. Answer: literal
◉ Whitman celebrated faith in people in his poem, Answer: Song of
Myself
◉ Select all that apply.
, Select the American poets who wrote about God-centered faith.
Answer: > Auden
> Eliot
> Longfellow
◉ Match the description to the emotiion.
1. celebrated in Emerson's "Give All to Love"
2. belief in the promise of America
3. belief in something without proof
4. caring for your fellow man Answer: 1. romantic love
2. hope
3. idealistic love
4. brotherly love
◉ EARLY AMERICAN NOVELS Answer:
◉ Match the definition to the word.