Quiz
1. Aristotle wrote, "It is metaphor above all else that gives clearness, charm, and distinction to the style." Can you spot the metaphor below?
2. In his famous poem "Kubla Khan," when Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote, "àThe sacred river ranà" he was using:
3. Shakespeare wrote: "To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream." What is this progression called?
4. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
5. We use synecdoches (pronounced sin-ek-da-kees) every day. Which of the following is an example of this poetic device:
1. Aristotle wrote, "It is metaphor above all else that gives clearness, charm, and distinction to the style." Can you spot the metaphor below?
"All the world's a stage."
2. In his famous poem "Kubla Khan," when Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote, "àThe sacred river ranà" he was using:
Personification.
3. Shakespeare wrote: "To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream." What is this progression called?
Anadiplosis.
4. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
"O my love is like a red, red rose, that 's newly sprung in June."
5. We use synecdoches (pronounced sin-ek-da-kees) every day. Which of the following is an example of this poetic device:
"All hands on deck!"
Sinking like a stone.
You're on an even keel.
Poetry in motion.