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Poetry Terms Quiz 104 (60 MCQs)

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1. How many points is the Poetry Portfolio worth?
2. Southwest Tip-off was cancelled in 2020 because of covid issues.
3. The comparison of two things that are not really alike by using the words like or as.
4. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem belowTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.
5. English sonnets are divided into
6. What type of figurative language compares without using "like" or "as" ?
7. Rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line
8. What is a division of lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme?
9. What is word choice in writing?
10. A caesura is a pause caused by punctuation .....
11. Contradictory terms such as jumbo shrimp
12. My English teacher is older than the hills.
13. Beagles are medium-sized membersof the hound family. Beagles generallymake good pets because they are intelligent, good-natured, and good with children. Beaglesare also quite playful and need a great dealof exercise.
14. A word that mimics the sound being made; a sound word.
15. The cyclist was two tired to win the race.
16. ..... is the musical quality created by the meter.
17. An absurd or contradictory statement that can be proven true
18. The definition of the term "alliteration" is .....
19. Which term is this the definition for:It is the emotions the reader feels while reading. Can be created by setting, imagery, and diction.
20. The verbal expression of a sensory experience; created by details that appeal to the five senses
21. "Ally Alligator Ate All my Alfredo" is an example of .....
22. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words: "What would the world be, once bereft.Of wet and wildness?"(Gerald Manley Hopkins, "Inversnaid")
23. To pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means?
24. Each line has the same ending soundHat, Bat, Cat, Fat, Sat
25. Unit of poetic measure consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables
26. An onomatopoeia is
27. A structured poem with set rules and patterns is called .....
28. "All the world is a stage" is an example of a
29. ..... is the attitude the writer or the speaker takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.
30. An allusion is when an author refers to
31. The use of words that imitate the sounds they represent, adding auditory effects to a poem and helping to create a sensory experience for the reader
32. The use of words that imitate sounds.
33. What is an acrostic poem?
34. You are my sunshine.
35. The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect.
36. Describe one thing as if it were something else (does NOT use like or as)
37. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words
38. When an object with its own value represents a larger concept or idea
39. A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables. The poem is three lines long. Line 1 is 5 syllables, line 2 is 7 syllables, and line 3 is 5 syllables. This type of poem does NOT rhyme.
40. What is the definition of a tone?
41. The voice that narrates a poem
42. Author varies word order for meaning and effect.
43. "There's a smell of damp hay, / of horses ..... " is imagery appealing to which of the five senses?
44. The tone and mood of a text can be very different
45. A piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life. Poetry emphasizes language's musical qualities.
46. Words have the same ending sound.
47. Rhyme at the end of lines of a verse or stanza
48. Type of writing that isn't poetry
49. The red-lipstick war paint. I-am a chariot of possibility.I am unlike any.
50. Which word means a fixed number of lines of verse (poetry) forming a unit of a poem?
51. The use of particular words to create visual representation of ideas in our minds.
52. How does imagery help us understand a poem?
53. A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
54. The way a poem is arranged on a page.
55. In a poem, the sections are called .....
56. A poem with 5 lines that is usually funny and follows a rhyme scheme is called a .....
57. Match the definition below to the correct word:a hint of what is to come next
58. End stopped line
59. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem
60. Poetry that does not fit any rules or standards. Can be any length and be about any subject. There is no set rhyme scheme, and it doesn't have to rhyme at all.
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