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Poetry Terms Quiz 129 (60 MCQs)

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1. Exaggerating something more than it is.
2. The race car driver got a ticket for driving too slowly on the freeway. This is an example of .....
3. The "beat" or the regular pattern of sounds found in some poems
4. A group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
5. Stanza of 4 lines with alternating rhymes
6. The band played as loud as a sonic boom.
7. A line of poetry ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon.
8. The main idea expressed in a literary work.
9. A group of lines in poetry that appear together, separated from other lines
10. Flag-Freedom; Red rose-Love. These are examples of a what?
11. A poem that features some kind of list
12. Two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable ..... like the word "underneath ..... is called:
13. A type of poetry that presents the thoughts and feelings of a speaker. Most poems, other than narrative poems, are lyric poems. They can cover a variety of subjects:love, death, everyday experiences
14. Similar to alliteration EXCEPT:repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words, not just at the beginning!
15. What is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects?
16. "The flames danced in the fire" is an example of:
17. Using words that help readers "see" by creating pictures or images in their mind.
18. A poem in the shape of the subject.
19. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.
20. "I'm so hungry I could eat a pound of bacon" is an example of:
21. Huge exaggerations that are obviously not true.
22. The direct juxtaposition of structurally parallel words/phrases/clauses for the purpose of contrast ex) sink or swim, to be or not to be
23. What is the end of one line and the beginning of a new line; creates meaning in a poem?
24. 3 line poem with a fixed number of syllables:five syllables in the first and third lines and seven syllables in the second line (5-7-5)
25. The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the words. (the first letter)
26. The repetition of a consonant at the beginning of words
27. The manner of speaking about one sense in terms of another.
28. Withered and withdrawn, without will, Will winced as the wicked whispered.
29. "The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM in the air." is an example of
30. "A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm, " is an example of .....
31. A poem with 14 lines, iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
32. Which of the following definitions does NOT describe imagery?
33. What does "Lines" mean in poetry?
34. What is a beat from the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
35. This is an example of:Playful waves ticklethe smooth rock, but seaweed hair ..... uncombed ..... hides its smile
36. A sound, word, or line repeated regularly in a poem
37. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is what type of figurative language.
38. The poet's attitude towards the poem's speaker, reader, subject matter is called ..... ?
39. Which of these is NOT imagery:
40. An expression used whose meaning is not created entirely from the words is known as a what?
41. When a poet ends a line with punctuation; meant to establish a pause
42. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme is called .....
43. Tyrell, desperate to find his homework, dug through his backpack like a dog digging for buried bones.
44. Words have the same middle vowel sound.
45. Language that appeals to your 5 senses
46. Which word means to form mental images using one or more of the five senses?
47. A poem that tells a story and has a plot, characters, and a setting
48. An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech for emphasis or effect
49. A break between words within a metrical foot.
50. Comparison of 2 things, using the word like or as
51. "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free" is an example of .....
52. Consecutive lines, stanza, or entire poem has the same end rhyme
53. "his hair was as red as a campfire's blaze" is an example of:
54. The dictionary meaning of a word.
55. Poetry without regular patterns or rules (does not have rhyme)
56. An exaggeration!
57. Repetition is a pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
58. A line of poetry that continues from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.
59. The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.
60. "Six silly snakes slithered sideways" is an example of
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