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