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Poetry Terms Quiz 112 (60 MCQs)

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1. The sun is shining bright and warm. This is an example of .....
2. True or False:Poetry is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.
3. Each line in poetry represents a complete thought.
4. Pairs of rhyming lines
5. Having the same sound at the end of 2 or more words.
6. This is using descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind.
7. A 14 line poem is called a?
8. A phrase that relies on extreme exaggeration to make a point
9. In his poem "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe uses repetition to create rhythm and mimic sounds. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, -While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping." By repeating beginning consonant sounds, what device is Poe using?
10. The pattern of rhymes in a poem. For example:AABB, ABAB, ABCD, or ABBA pattern.
11. What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?
12. What are the sections of poems called?
13. Details that relate to the five senses. They help paint a picture for the reader
14. Poetry with no rhyme or meter.
15. Two or more words that repeat the same end sounds.
16. What technque involves the beginning of lines of poetry starting the same?
17. Stanza structure in which four (4) lines are grouped together through a rhyme scheme.
18. Beats in words that create rhythm
19. Human qualities given to inanimate objects
20. What is being personified:The moon guided me through the forest.
21. Writing or spoken language in its ordinary paragraph form, without metrical structure. A short story is in prose. Prose is used in Shakespeare's plays for characters who don't have power or prestige.
22. EX:The lightening danced across the night sky.
23. Two rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter
24. That cat sat back is an example of
25. Determined using the combination of form, voice, and poetic devices; central message
26. The prominence or emphasis given to particular syllables
27. Repeating a word or phrase within a poem
28. The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story is the .....
29. Which of the terms below describes the persona that is addressing the audience or another character?
30. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering, thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
31. The flow of the beat in a poem.
32. Movement with regular repetition, used to bring out the musical quality of language
33. The use, more than once, of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
34. He's never been the same after his puppy passed away. My mama says he's as mad as a hatter.
35. When a line of poetry wraps around to another line
36. ..... is when a word imitates a sound.
37. The AUTHOR'S attitude toward the characters and events in the story
38. "I sang like a bird" is an example of what?
39. What word means descriptions that appeal to the five senses.
40. The snow felt like daggers against my skin.
41. A two line unit in a poem, typically rhyming
42. What's the meaning of this hyperbole? "Shawn would move mountains for Angela."
43. Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
44. The recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses
45. A ballad is similar to a .....
46. What form of poetry expresses strong feelings, can rhyme, and is songlike?
47. Two words that have some sound in common but do not rhyme exactly
48. Unstressed syllables have more emphasis than stressed syllables.
49. Using the same words or phrases over and over
50. Rhyme that occurs within the same line in a poem or song lyrics
51. "The holy mountains flow up from the earth / The smoke of sacrifice flows up from the earth / The eagle and the wild swan fly up from the earth." ~~ MEDEA
52. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Marcello Maltese are examples of names with .....
53. A five line poem with rhymes in line 1, 2 and 5 and then another rhyme in lines 3 and 4 is known as a ..... (hint:usually humorous, quirky rhyme scheme)
54. "A piece of cake" "on the fence" "at the drop of a hat" are examples of
55. What words repeated in a poem?
56. Group of words arranged into a row
57. The snow is a white blanket is an example of a ..... ?
58. "the jet is screaming across the sky" is an example of what?
59. The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together. The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls.
60. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without connecting words (such as "like" or "as").
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