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The Academic Arab College for Education ==================================================== INTRODUCTION TO POETRY EXAMINATION A (4) AND A (14) / SEMESTER A 2014 ================================================== Name of Student (1) _______________________________________ ID Number: ______________________________________________ Class : A ( ) Name of Student (2) _______________________________________ ID Number: ______________________________________________ ID : ______________________________________________________ Class: A ( ) ================================================== Part One: A. Match the following poetic terms and figure of speech with the sentences that follow:†¦show more content†¦Connotative words give the literal meaning of words but denotative words give the implied associations of the word _______________ 3. Syntax refers to the order of the lines of the poem. ____________ 4. The subject matter of the poem refers to its theme. _____________ 5. 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