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Poetry Terms Quiz 109 (60 MCQs)

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1. A synonym for allusion is .....
2. Using a language element repeatedly is an example of .....
3. The use of language that gives words a meaning beyond their literal definition.
4. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words (as in sun and one)
5. Which figure of speech is exemplified by the phrase 'quiet as mice'?
6. Giving non-human things humanlike qualities
7. What is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem?
8. What term is described as a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another?
9. Opposites that are nonetheless true
10. Jack London used this literary term in The Call of the Wild to make Buck seem like a human to the reader.
11. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem excerpt? Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;
12. Poetry that does not tell a story, but show feelings and emotions.
13. A comparison of two unlike items using the "like" or "as" .
14. The beat of the poem-the way the words go
15. A mournful poem, a sad lament for people who have died is called an:
16. A comparison of two different things to make them more alike is .....
17. Poems that don't rhyme are called:
18. The selection of words in a literary work.
19. How is rhythm created?
20. What is a diamante poem?
21. Which of Bryant's poems is written in blank verse?
22. A poem that shares ideas and feelings. There is no set ryming pattern or rhythm. There is no set line length.
23. Which is the correct defintion for Metaphor?
24. Poetry that tells about ideas, feelings, and/or emotions
25. What are the "paragraphs" of poems?
26. What is the correct term for the following definition? When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds.
27. Attitude a write takes towards the subject.
28. What word refers to words or phrase that appeal to one or more of the five senses?
29. Miss Myers made many muffins on Monday.
30. "Original Copy", "Same Difference", etc.
31. My friend is a treasure.
32. Figurative Language:Choose the metaphor.
33. The mood of the poem is .....
34. "The leaves waved in the wind" is an example of
35. The rhyming pattern in a poem, such as ABAB CDCD, etc.
36. Her eyes were as blue as the sky
37. Techniques used by poetsto build on the meaning and experienceof a poemthrough the patterns of soundsin the poemis called
38. With free verse .....
39. A direct comparison that states one thing is another.
40. A line of poetry containing five metrical feet
41. A poet's word choices
42. The way the poem makes the reader feel is called the
43. Words with the same sounds at the end.
44. When you use a word or phrase that does NOT have its normal every day, literal meaning.
45. An example of this is "Sara's seven sisters slept soundly."
46. Literary work in which special attention is given to the expression of feelings & ideas.
47. The ordered pattern of rhymes. An example:Whenever Richard Cory went to town, A We people on the pavement looked at him; B He was a gentleman from sole to crown A Clean favored and imperially slim. B
48. The feeling the author creates for the reader
49. What figurative language device is usedin this sentence? The garden hose was a long green serpentlying in loops on the lawn.
50. What is a "apostrophe" ?
51. An extended comparison between something that the audience cannot have seen and something ordinary that they would have been very familiar with
52. The rhythm or movement of words in the poem.
53. A poem where some verses rhyme and some do not.
54. What are rhyming words in the same line of a poem (like "I can be a man with a plan")
55. A form a figurative language which makes a comparison by stating thattwo items are the same-that one is the other
56. Based on the information in the poem "The Road Not Taken", why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?"
57. Lyric poetry expresses .....
58. A line of pentameter contains this many feet:
59. In Taylor Swift's poem "Bad Blood", the following is an example of what? "Now we got problems/ And I don't think we can solve 'em/You made a really deep cut/And baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)" Choose the best answer.
60. What is a clever, witty form of figurative language
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