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Poetry Terms Quiz 12 (60 MCQs)

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1. A comparison of one thing to another using the connecting words like or as.
2. A Japanese lyric poem having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables; traditionally the topic of nature or the seasons
3. Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.
4. When a non-living object has been given qualities of a person
5. The pattern of rhyme between the lines of a poem or song is called .....
6. Bang! Whoah! Cowboy!
7. Why do poets use alliteration in poetry?
8. When writing about a poem you put the title in quotation marks
9. A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
10. A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
11. What kind of poem is "The Odyssey" ?
12. The feeling the poet is trying to covey
13. The overarching structure of the poem is the .....
14. "Water is cheaper than diamonds, yet humans need water, not diamonds, to survive."
15. Comparison of unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles
16. A word that sounds like what it means.
17. Which term is this the definition for:Is set my the authors atitude, stated or implied, toward a subject. It is created by diction and detail.
18. The attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object.
19. What does imagery in poetry aim to do?
20. The word 'thud', is an example of
21. A metaphor that covers an entire work, such as a poem is .....
22. The longest river in the United States. It flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
23. This type of poem has a musical quality
24. What is the definition of the term:Rhyme Scheme?
25. Which literary analysis term fits this example from the model essay? Example:In a literal interpretation, the ..... is tempted to stay because the woods are "lovely, dark, and deep." but he reminds himself of his "promises" and the miles still to go.
26. What is it called when words that end with similar or same sound?
27. What word means comparing two things using the words "like" or "as" ?
28. The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem. The character telling the poem.
29. Dictionary meaning of the word
30. Words that start with the same consonant sound: "Little Laura left her lunchbox in her locker.
31. Repetition of sounds
32. Which type of poem has exactly 14 lines?
33. ..... is when words are close together and have the same first consonant sound.
34. A poem with fourteen lines that follows a regular rhyme pattern and is usually written in iambic pentameter
35. Which word means a poem written where the first letters of each line form a word or phrase?
36. Ending a line of poetry without completing a statement or clause
37. A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the actionof the other.
38. This is the repetition of sound at the ends of words.
39. "The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song." What is being personified?
40. What is the term that includes "similes, metaphors, vivid language, creating a picture in your mind" ?
41. A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.
42. A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
43. Also known a "vowel rhyme, " is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.
44. What does imagery mean?
45. The oak tree grew so high / ..... Eagles, mountain peaks, and sky
46. How the author feels when writing the poem.
47. The lasting impression or main idea of the poem that the author wants you to remember.
48. Enjambment can best be defined as .....
49. ..... is a very small particle; a speck.
50. The narrator or speaker in the poem is called
51. Follows the ABBAABBA pattern
52. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
53. "The blanket wrapped its arms around me, " the wind howled in the night, " and "my alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning." These are all examples of:
54. Repetition of consonant sounds nearby non-rhyming words
55. "This evil is not declining; it is just at the dawn." ~~ MEDEA
56. Iambic means.....
57. How the voice sounds based on the author's attitude/ feeling toward the subject and audience of the poem; can affect the mood
58. A fixed nineteen-line form which employs only two rhymes and repeats two of the lines according to a set pattern which includes a scheme of rhymes and repetitions. Famous example is "Do Not Go Gentle" by Dylan Thomas.
59. The imaginary voice of the writer or author
60. "Curiosity killed the cat." displays
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