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Poetry Terms Quiz 116 (60 MCQs)

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1. A direct comparison where one thing is considered as another
2. The background/circumstances/setting of a word or event that helps clarify its meaning.
3. Beat of a poem that has a regular pattern when surveying the whole poem.
4. A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter, usually about love of someone or something
5. The repetitions of consonant sounds within a poem, such as Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
6. Comparing two things using the words like or as.ex. She was as tall as a skyscraper
7. They're strong as rocks.
8. A song like narrative (story) poem that uses rhyme. rhythm, and repetition.
9. What is the most common form of poetry?
10. An unrhymed poem consisting of three lines, with each line having a 5-, 7-, 5-syllable pattern.
11. True or false:Rhyme only happens with ending consonant sounds and not ending vowel sounds.
12. A reader's written comments on a poem
13. "I just got a new set of wheels"If someone used this phrase to describe getting a new car, what kind of figurative language are they using?
14. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem
15. The word choice of the author.
16. The way a poems words and lines are laid out on the page
17. A comparison of two totally different things that does not use like or as
18. She is as mean as a snake!
19. Who has a chance of winning the NBA championship this year?
20. Very short poem of Japanese origin; has 17 syllables total:5, 7, 5
21. A suggested meaning
22. The pattern of rhyming.
23. The many uses of the phrase "Nevermore" at the end of lines in Edgar Alan Poe's "The Raven" is an example of .....
24. ..... refers to words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses.
25. Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.
26. This is repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.
27. To find the meter of a poem you find its:
28. A group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph, how a poem is divided
29. Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number so call me maybeis repeated 8 times in "Call Me, Maybe" . This is an example of
30. A saying not meant to be taken literally
31. When a poem is used to describe something, especially artwork, it is described as this .....
32. Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings
33. Language that is not literal
34. A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as, " often used to create vivid imagery
35. A figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea.
36. A list of descriptive words arranged to form the shape of the object being described
37. A(n) ..... is when words near each other have the same beginning consonant sound.
38. What is the rhyme scheme for this poem? The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass
39. Which term means an over-exaggeration?
40. "Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horsehoofs ringing clear; Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?" The highlighted words are .....
41. A unit of poetic lines often repeated throughout the poem
42. "Please go and mow the overgrown lawn." is an example of
43. When rhyme occurs within a line of poetry
44. The direct meaning of a word, the dictionary definition
45. Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, / And burbled as it came!
46. A writer or speaker's attitude toward a subject
47. A reference to a statement, person, place or event from the past.
48. This poem contains many examples of:The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe "Oh, the bells, bells, bells!What a tale their terror tellsOf Despair!How they clang, and clash, and roar!What a horror they outpourOn the bosom of the palpitating air!Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows;Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling."
49. Repetition of words at the ends of consecutive lines or phrases
50. Sound and feel created by patterned syllables
51. Repetition in a poem refers to repeated .....
52. A comparison between two things that does NOT use any helping verbs
53. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "The leaves crunched under my feet as I walked through the woods."
54. Rhyme occurs within a single verse
55. A dove is a ..... of peace.
56. "Ten more steps. Eight. Seven. We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession. Only four more steps. Three. There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames" (31) What is the mood of this passage?
57. A common figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing
58. What is the feeling displayed by the author toward the subject of the poem?
59. There are two basic elements to form in poetry: ..... and .....
60. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"and"I have a million things to do today"Are examples of which type of figurative language
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