Question

write your answer in the space provided using capital letters. (3 pts each)

1. ______ mood
2. ______ personification
3. ______ repetition
4. ______ metaphor
5. ______ symbol
6. ______ theme
7. ______ simile
8. ______ tone
9. ______ hyperbole
10. ______ alliteration
11. ______ internal rhyme
12. ______ stanza
13. ______ assonance
14. ______ imagery
15. ______ free verse
16. ______ rhyme scheme
17. ______ allusion
18. ______ onomatopoeia

a. author’s attitude toward their subject
b. a comparison of unlike things
c. feeling created in the reader
d. the pattern of rhyme in a poem
e. an extreme exaggeration
f. reference to a work of literature, historical event, or literary figure.
g. repetition of vowel sounds
h. division of a poem, like a paragraph.
i. a phrase or group of words repeated throughout a poem or stanza.
j. a comparison using a form of \is\
k. repetition of initial consonant sounds.
l. giving non - human things human characteristics
m. something used for or regarded as representing something else
n. words that sound like what they are.
o. insight about human life revealed through a literary work
p. rhyming words that appear in the same line
q. figurative language that appeals to the senses
r. poetry not written in regular pattern; seeks to sound like speech

Explanation:

Each literary term is matched to its standard definition from the provided options:

1. Mood is the feeling evoked in the reader.
2. Personification gives non-human things human traits.
3. Repetition is repeating words/phrases in a work.
4. Metaphor compares unlike things using "is".
5. A Symbol represents something else.
6. Theme is a story's insight about human life.
7. Simile is a comparison of unlike things.
8. Tone is the author's attitude toward their subject.
9. Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration.
10. Alliteration repeats initial consonant sounds.
11. Internal Rhyme has rhyming words in the same line.
12. Stanza is a poem's paragraph-like division.
13. Assonance repeats vowel sounds.
14. Imagery is figurative language appealing to senses.
15. Free Verse is poetry without a regular pattern.
16. Rhyme Scheme is a poem's rhyme pattern.
17. Allusion references a literary/historical work/figure.
18. Onomatopoeia uses words that sound like their meaning.

Answer:

1. c. Feeling created in the reader
2. l. Giving non-human things human characteristics
3. i. A phrase or group of words repeated throughout a poem or stanza.
4. j. A comparison using a form of "IS"
5. m. something used for or regarded as representing something else
6. o. Insight about human life revealed through a literary work
7. b. A comparison of unlike things
8. a. Author's attitude toward their subject
9. e. an extreme exaggeration
10. k. Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
11. p. Rhyming words that appear in the same line
12. h. Division of a poem, like a paragraph.
13. g. Repetition of vowel sounds
14. q. Figurative language that appeals to the senses
15. r. Poetry not written in regular pattern; seeks to sound like speech
16. d. The pattern of rhyme in a poem
17. f. Reference to a work of literature, historical event, or literary figure.
18. n. Words that sound like what they are.