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Who is the author of the poem "Water"?

• Anne Sexton

• Sylvia Plath

• E.E. Cummings

• Emma Lazarus

Definition: without attracting attention

• crannies

• loam

• discreetly

• scheme

Definition: a sustained comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is spoken as if it were another.

• rhyme scheme

• personification

• extended metaphor

• imagery

Definition: exaggeration used to suggest strong emotion or create a comic effect.

• hyperbole

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

What type of verse is "The New Colossus"?

• limerick

• sonnet

• free verse

• rhyme

Definition: a statement that appears to contain two contradictory or incompatible points, but upon closer examination it can reveal a hidden truth to the reader or viewer.

• paradox

• colossus

• sable

• marx

Key assumption: A patriarchal society conveys the notion of male dominance through the images of women in its texts.

• Historical Criticism

• Feminist Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

• Archetypal Criticism

Definition: one person's interpretation of sensory or conceptual information.

• theory

• criticism

• perception

• response

Key assumption: a discussion of a text should take into account the reader as well as the reading situation

• Reader response criticism

• Cultural Criticism

• Archetypal Criticism

• Marxist Criticism

Which poet was kidnapped at age eight and brought to Boston?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Emma Lazarus

• E.E. Cummings

• Sylvia Plath