Monday, September 22, 2008

Literary Terms Quiz

1. Caesura- break between words in a metrical foot
2. Hyperbole- exaggeration of words or feelings
3. Simile- a comparison of two unlike things
4. Strophe- stanza
5. Foot- smallest unit of verse
6. Tmesis- separation of a compound word
7. Personification- giving human attributes to inanimate objects
8. Golden line- two adjectives and two nouns with a verb in between
9. Alliteration- repetition of the same sound
10. Oxymoron- paradox expressed using contradictory words.

1 comment:

Luke said...

alliteration- repetition of the same sound in 2 or more words.

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