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Poetry Terms Quiz 124 (60 MCQs)

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1. The voice through whom the poem is told.
2. "His body was tubular, and tapered, and smoke-blue" is an example of
3. Giving animals or objects human qualities
4. This is the term for having no punctuation at the end of a line.
5. The definition of the term "mood" is .....
6. Attitude of the speaker of a poem or poet toward the subject
7. Definition:refers to the mood implied by an author's word choice
8. Rat-a-tat-tat! BOOM! Whoosh! are examples of an .....
9. A complex lyric poem that develops a serious and dignified theme
10. Repeating of consonant sounds at the end of words
11. This is an example of:You are my sunshine.
12. When the speaker addresses an object, concept, or person (often absent) that is unable to respond
13. Read the following text."As the brand new father took one look at his beautiful newborn son, he couldfeel his heart overflowing with love. His soul turned into a mushy mess, his eyes filled with tears that overflowed and ran down his cheeks, and heknew that he would never be the same."What kind of poetry is this?
14. The following is an example of:The man had a plan to steal a fan.
15. The words on one line of a poem
16. I went to town to buy a gown.This is an example of .....
17. A poem that forms a picture of the topic
18. A group of lines in a poem, separated by space from other groups of lines, much like a paragraph in prose
19. A rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.
20. If you read the line, "And now I laid me down to sleep, " the word "sleep" is most likely a reference to death. What is this an example of?
21. Define rhyme scheme.
22. A couplet is .....
23. The comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
24. (Similar to a sentence in an essay)
25. An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common.
26. Words or phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words
27. Poems requiring no pattern or structure
28. Last two lines in a sonnet
29. What type of figurative language is the following: "But still, like dust, I'll rise?"
30. Four-line stanza in a poem
31. Read the following line: "The clear water sparkled in the sunlight." To which of our five senses does this mostly appeal?
32. What is the purpose of a metaphor in poetry?
33. Which poetry term is being used in this example?If he forgets her birthday, he is a dead duck.
34. What is the term for the inexactness or uncertainty in a poem's meaning?
35. What is when two or more words in the same line (or in close lines) that have similar vowel sounds (like browse and prowl)
36. What is this an example of? Her cheeks are as red as a rose.
37. An extreme exaggeration for the purpose of being dramatic or humorous
38. A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains
39. The implied meaning of the words
40. An ..... is a paradox achieved by the use of words which seem to contradict one another.
41. Bing, Bang, Boom
42. Group of two or more lines
43. The use of highly descriptive language which is meant to appeal to the reader's senses. It creates a mental image or feeling.
44. The "paragraphs" of poetry that group lines together.
45. It is the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words.
46. A phrase that is used excessively and has become a bit meaningless and even irritating.
47. The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of a poem to the next without a pause is called .....
48. The dictionary meaning of a word. An example:Home:The pace where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household.
49. Ethan's smile is a mile wide.
50. Internal rhyme vs external rhyme
51. An element that writers use to make their writing more interesting and expressive.
52. What is a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables?
53. Quatrain is .....
54. A contradiction that is nevertheless true
55. Something in the world of the senses; sign for something else
56. Words that sound like what they are
57. Shape poetry in which the meaning or message is partly or wholly conveyed through its shape
58. A poem that may have rhyme, but their shapes and patterns may be unusual
59. Choose the word with the most positive connotation.
60. One of the rows of words
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