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1. In the line 'The street yawned awake beneath the first bus,' which figure of speech is used?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Onomatopoeia
  3. Personification
  4. Apostrophe

Answer: C. Personification

The street is given the human action of yawning awake, which is personification.

2. A four-line stanza has end words that rhyme in this order: stone, light, alone, night; what is its rhyme scheme?
  1. ABAB
  2. AABB
  3. ABBA
  4. ABCB

Answer: A. ABAB

Stone rhymes with alone and light rhymes with night, giving the pattern ABAB.

3. A speaker says, 'I carried a mountain of books up the stairs'; which device best describes the expression?
  1. Euphemism
  2. Understatement
  3. Metonymy
  4. Hyperbole

Answer: D. Hyperbole

The speaker deliberately exaggerates the weight of the books, so the expression is hyperbole.

4. Which sound device is most prominent in the phrase 'bright boats bobbed beside the bank'?
  1. Assonance
  2. Alliteration
  3. Consonance
  4. Onomatopoeia

Answer: B. Alliteration

The repeated initial b sound in nearby words is alliteration.

5. A poem's speaker describes a ruined garden with tender regret and longing; what does this chiefly reveal about the poem's tone?
  1. Its rhythm
  2. The speaker's attitude
  3. Its stanza length
  4. The poem's setting

Answer: B. The speaker's attitude

Tone is the attitude conveyed by the speaker toward the subject.

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