What is the main theme of "William Street"?
Value of money
Beauty of Nature
The horror of war
Intense beauty of city life
Which historical period influences "William Street"?
The Great Depression
Postmodern Era
The Victorian Era
World War 1
How does the speaker view the neon lights of William Street?
Dull
Ugly
Dangerous
Lovely
What is described as resembling "hung men" in William Street?
The drunks on the street
Old street signs
The neon lights
Empty trousers in pawn-shop windows
What kind of imagery is primarily used in the first stanza of William Street?
Olfactory
Tactile
Visual
Auditory
Which word best describes the rhyme scheme in WIlliam Street?
ABBA
ABAC
ABCD
AABB
Which type of meter is primarily used in “William Street”?
Dactylic hexameter
Anapestic trimeter
Iambic pentameter
Trochaic tetrameter
In which literary device does a word repeat at the end of one clause and the beginning of the next?
Anadiplosis
Epanalepsis
Anaphora
Epistrophe
What is the definition of 'antithesis'?
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
A figure of speech that juxtaposes two contrasting ideas
A form of understatement for comedic effect
A series of clauses without conjunctions
Which device involves attributing human characteristics to animals or objects?
Irony
Allusion
Apostrophe
Anthropomorphism
What is a 'cliché' in literature?
A type of poem with a specific rhyme scheme
The repetition of the same sound at the end of words
A form of irony that involves understatement
A phrase or idea that is overused and lacks originality
Which term refers to a pause within a line of poetry, usually indicated by punctuation?
Enjambment
Caesura
End-Stopped Line
Refrain
What is 'synecdoche'?
A figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice
A form of irony where the speaker says the opposite of what
A type of poem with 14 lines
A form of alliteration that repeats consonant sounds
What is a 'bildungsroman'?
Unsolvable conflict suddenly resolved by an external force
Where an absent or imaginary person is addressed
A poem that mourns the death of someone
A type of narrative that focuses on the protagonist's growth
What is a 'conceit' in literature?
A poetic form that lacks rhyme or meter
A brief story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
A fanciful and elaborate metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
