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Poetry Terms Quiz 122 (60 MCQs)

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1. A group of words established as usage as having a meaning not duducible from those of the individual words.
2. Made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
3. The repetition of vowel sounds that are close together.
4. When a poem is written with a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (To the piano players out there)
5. What do the red lines show? In my sleep I dream In my sleep I believe In my sleep I mourn
6. The meter that Shakepeare used u/u/
7. The repetition of sounds st the beginning of words.
8. What states that one thing is something else? Example:Life is a highway.
9. The angry, gray waves slammed along the sandy shore as the squawking seagulls soared through the hot summer sky.
10. Repeated words, phrases, images, or structures
11. Gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea
12. Rhymed lyric poem consisting of 14 lines
13. The regular pattern of words that END with the same sounds is .....
14. Which poetry form is defined by its lack structure and has no specific pattern?
15. When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds
16. What type of rhyme is used in the following example?"Tiger, Tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night"
17. What device is used in this sentence?"Fruit is fuel for a healthy body."
18. What is the definition of a stanza in poetry?
19. Identify which poetic device is used below:The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.
20. Hesitating or doubting.
21. Inverted syntax is .....
22. The one who is narrating the poem
23. What is the importance of repetition?
24. How many syllables? Winter
25. Poetry that does not follow regular patterns of rhyme or rhythm is called .....
26. A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.
27. A pattern of rhyme.
28. Pattern of end rhymes in a stanza
29. A half rhyme; words that are intended to rhyme but are not an exact rhyme
30. What is author's craft?
31. The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb. Which sense is being described?
32. What vocabulary word means:A group of words that has a meaning not determined by the individual words in the phrase
33. What is the correct term for the following definition? A saying, phrase, or fixed expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.
34. In William Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", he states"When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."This is an example of-
35. Lines of poetry that end with punctuation
36. What is a type of literature that can tell a story and convey emotion?
37. Which is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
38. Pattern of like-sounding words through a whole poem (example:aabca)
39. A grouped set of lines within a poem, usually separated by a blank line is known as a what?
40. An extreme exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally.
41. The following poem is an example of what poetic term? My beard grows to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes.
42. A figure of speech that indirectly compares one thing to another and uses the word like or as in order to do so
43. The form in which poems are written
44. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:metaphor
45. An expressed comparison of unlike things
46. A series of word with the same beginning sound
47. "As Abdi and Brayson set up their tent, they noticed storm clouds in the distance." This is an example of .....
48. Which term means a comparison between two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other?
49. Which term describes the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem?
50. The pattern of beats (unaccented or accented stresses) in a poem is called its:
51. A tercet has ..... lines.
52. A word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself is known as ..... ?
53. A short Japanese poem in three lines containing 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the last line
54. ..... is the use of words to create pictures, or images to paint a picture in the readers mind.Appeals to the 5 senses (sight, touch, sound, smell, taste)
55. "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course, That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed." ..... Theme Song from Mr. Ed, television show
56. The number of syllables in a line and how they are accented creates the poem's "beat" or rhythm
57. Repetition, use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse is the definition of
58. Mrs. Jonas was worried about Marcobecause he often fell asleep in class. Shedecided to call Marco's parents to discuss theproblem. During the phone call, Mrs. Jonassuggested that an earlier bedtime might helpMarco to get more sleep at night so that he wouldnot need to sleep during class.
59. The way words and lines are positioned on the page
60. The PATTERN of rhyme within a poem
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