Multiple Choice 2
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54146714 | Active Voice | This pertains to any sentence with an active verb. | |
54146715 | Allegory | An extended narrative (in poetry or prose) in which the characters and actions- sometimes the setting as well- are contrived to make sense on the literal level. | |
54146716 | Alliteration | The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence or a line of poetry. | |
54146717 | Allusion | A reference to another person, another historical event another work. | |
54146719 | Analogy | A term the signifies a comparision of or similarly between two objects or ideas. | |
54146720 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentances, clauses or paragraphs. For example: This royal throne of kinds, this sceptred isle/This majesty, this seat of Mars/ This other Eden, demi-paradise,/This fortress built by Nature for herself.- Shakespeare | |
54146721 | Aphorism | A brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth. | |
54703680 | Apostrophe | This is a direct address to someone who is not present, to a deity or muse, or to some other power. | |
54703681 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within a group of words of lines. | |
54703682 | Blank Verse | The term is applied to any verse that doesn't rhyme. It contains lines of iambic pentameter, which of all verse forms is closest to the natural rhythms of English speech. | |
54703683 | Caesura | A pause in a line of poetry in order to make the meaning clear or to follow the natural rhythm of speech. |