
Elements of poetry | Mild Attack of Locust
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- Q1What is the term used to describe the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?RhymeMeterImageryTheme30s
- Q2What is the term used to describe a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?HyperboleMetaphorPersonificationSimile30s
- Q3What is the term used to describe the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?OnomatopoeiaAssonanceConsonanceAlliteration30s
- Q4Which of the following terms refers to the emotional quality or atmosphere created by a poem?ToneSymbolismImageryMood30s
- Q5What is the term used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line of poetry?ConsonanceMetaphorHyperboleAssonance30s
- Q6What is the term used to describe giving non-human objects or ideas human characteristics?PersonificationMetaphorSimileAlliteration30s
- Q7What is the term used to describe the repetition of similar sounds or syllables at the end of lines in a poem?RhymeMeterImageryTheme30s
- Q8What is the term used to describe the main message or main idea of a poem?MeterThemeSymbolismImagery30s
- Q9Which of the following literary devices is used when a word or phrase represents something beyond its literal meaning?HyperboleSymbolismAssonanceMetaphor30s
- Q10What is the term used to describe the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses in a poem?OnomatopoeiaSimileImageryHyperbole30s
- Q11What was the crop grown on Margaret's farm?maizericewheatbarley30s
- Q12Where was Margaret born and brought up?JohannesburgCape TownDurbanPretoria30s
- Q13What did Margaret notice about Richard and Stephen's complaints?They did not go bankruptThey stopped complainingThey became very richThey went bankrupt30s
- Q14What did Margaret do to help ward off the locusts?She called for helpShe prayed for the locusts to leaveShe ran away and hidShe stoked up the fires and filled cans with liquid30s
- Q15How did Margaret describe the sky on fair days?like a gray blanketlike a stormy sealike a fiery furnacelike blue and brilliant halls of air30s