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Poetry Terms Quiz 121 (60 MCQs)

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1. A single row of words (like a sentence)
2. Linking words by repeating similar initial sounds
3. A poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn
4. What is the definition of oxymoron?Ex:icy hot
5. "Eeny meeny miny moe; catch a tiger by its toes" is an example of:
6. The devoted father was a rock for his family
7. The main idea or point of a text.
8. A figure of speech where words are not used in their literal sense, but rather in a figurative sense
9. Giving an inanimate objects human characteristics
10. What is repetition of similar sounding words?
11. Hiss, chirp, plop, buzz are all examples of which poetic device?
12. Repetition of end sound
13. The literary technique of using words that sound like the word.
14. An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
15. Same ending sounds of words
16. SNOW, GLOW; HAPPY, PAPPY; SEA, ME; SQUIRREL, CURL are examples of
17. What word is defined as "the pattern of rhyme in a poem" ?
18. Anything that stands for something else. An example:Red rose symbolizes love
19. A group of words arranged into a row in a poem.
20. Repetitionof the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginning of wordsthat are close together in a poem.
21. What is a speaker
22. Repetition allows for .....
23. A directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects, usually with "like, " "as, " or "than." It is easier to recognize a simile than a metaphor because the comparison is explicit.
24. Translating, or rephrasing, a story or poem in your owns words is called .....
25. Poetry written to honor someone who has died
26. A poetic foot is .....
27. The repetition of a consonant sound anywhere within words, not just the beginning
28. How many total vocabulary words are in this week's list?
29. The repetition of the same beginning sound, usually a consonant, in a phrase or line of poetry
30. In poetry, word choice and phrasing
31. Places more emphasis on one syllable than another
32. The definition of haiku has another poetry vocabulary word in its definition.
33. A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
34. Sometimes poets use these to add musical effects to their poems
35. The character who speaks in or narrates the poem
36. A figure of speech that is an exaggerated statement
37. A quatrain has..... lines.
38. Descriptions that appeal to the five senses to create a picture for the reader
39. A section or paragraph of a poem
40. What's the internal rhyme in this stanza?Nothing compares, no worries or caresRegrets and mistakes, they're memories madeWho would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
41. Which of these is NOT a type of sonnet?
42. Why must the people (the "we" mentioned) wear the mask?
43. A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas (mostly about love)
44. A book of poems by one poet
45. A type of feeling that readers get from a text, based on details such as setting, background, objects, and foreshadowing is called
46. What does S.I.F.T. stand for?
47. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; similar to rhythmic beats in music
48. Words that express more than their literal meaningEx. (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.)
49. The following is an example of which sound device?The proud catHad a beautiful hat
50. All I know is my heart is a ghost townis an example of .....
51. Which of the following is defined as-as a stretch of the truth?
52. Repetition of consonant sounds within a word
53. This is a comparison using like or as.
54. Another word for poetry
55. Language layered with meaning by word images and figures of speech; it departs from literal meaning.
56. Not an exact rhyme, not an assonant rhyme, often ends with the same consonant sound (dear-door, blame-dream)
57. A phrase with a meaning different than its literal meaning
58. The associations and emotional overtones attached to a word beyond its literal definition
59. The language that uses sensory details to help a reader recreate what the writer is describing, in his or her own mind.
60. The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
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