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Poetry Terms Quiz 117 (60 MCQs)

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1. When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem or song, we generally use ..... to indicate the rhyme scheme.
2. The Following is an example of which Poetry Device:"I would walk a million miles to be at your side"
3. A message about life
4. A lyric poem of 14 lines in iambic pentameter following one of several possible rhyme schemes. The 2 main types are Italian (Petrarchan) and English (Shakespearean)
5. What is the key importance of a stanza?
6. When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?
7. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song and is usually labeled with letters of the alphabet.
8. Simile or Metaphor:Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.
9. The feeling or atmosphere of a poem or work of literature.
10. The "end rhymes" of poems; the poem follows a specific rhyming of words at the end of each line shown by capital letters
11. This example of personification also includes descriptive words that use the five senses, which is known as ..... The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house
12. The message, or lesson the writer wants us to learn is called
13. Sarah can run like a gazelle through the park.This is an example of-
14. How many poems (of the portfolio!) are due by Friday, Nov. 19?
15. Sonnet that has octave/ABBA ABBA, and sestet/CDE CDE
16. This is using the 5 senses to describe things.
17. A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect.
18. Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean?
19. The repetition of sounds in poetry
20. What is the definition of inverted word order?
21. A tribute to someone or something of great importance to the poet
22. When a sentence in a poem continues beyond the end of a line, that is called .....
23. Leaving a car wash at the beginning of a downpour.
24. The pattern of end rhyme
25. The repetition of syllable sounds is called .....
26. ..... is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
27. The poet's message to the reader
28. True of False:The speaker and the poet are the same person.
29. A phrase that puts an image in your head, like "the rain poured down, drenching the field and creating small swimming holes for all the animals"
30. That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds!
31. The most common sound device in poetry
32. A ..... is a repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines.
33. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner
34. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of each line.
35. What technique shows the repetition of a vowel sound?
36. A specific cultural phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
37. Two rhyming lines, one right after the first
38. A pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter and expresses a single idea
39. A phrase that doesn't translate literally, such as "mind your ps and qs"
40. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of poetry lines
41. It makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as" .
42. Poems are made up of ..... which may or may not be sentences.
43. The literal dictionary definitions of a word
44. A universal idea, lesson, or topic that can be located within the story
45. The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a poem
46. What is a line that ends with a pause like a period or semicolon?
47. A division of poetry equivalent to a paragraph in prose.
48. The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words: "descending dewdrops, " "luscious lemons."
49. A paragraph in a poem is called a ..... ?
50. "sight, sound, touch, taste, smell" are the five senses that come along with:
51. Repetition of initial consonant sound
52. A group of lines in poetry is called a
53. Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as" or "seems"
54. A humorous poem that has five lines, an "AABBA" rhyming pattern and a specific rhythm is called a .....
55. The stressed and unstressed beats within a poem
56. The sixteenth president of the United States (1861-1865), who was commander-in-chief of the Union troops during the American
57. When one line of poetry ends without a pause or punctuation and then continues to the next line.
58. Which of the following defines PENTAMETER?
59. In a poem, what do you call a group of words on one line? It's usually numbered.
60. Shows the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem. Examples of rhyme pattern are:1 & 3 rhyme and 2 & 4 rhyme
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