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Poetry Terms Quiz 133 (60 MCQs)

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1. Simile or Metaphor:Math is like a puzzle that never ends.
2. Expressive use of language where a group of words are not used in their literal sense
3. A comparison that uses "like" or "as" .
4. A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated for effect.
5. The race car zoomed past the finish line.
6. A brief reference to a real or fictional person or place.
7. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the word like, or as
8. The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
9. Rhyme that comes at the end of lines is:
10. Food and flood, as well as laughter and slaughter, are examples of
11. Which poem matches the rhyme scheme ABBA
12. The ..... of a poem is the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect
13. An end-stopped line.....
14. Type of poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter
15. A thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line.
16. When an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power
17. A rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently (Ex. "cove and dove" and "wind and bind")
18. Giving human qualities to non-humans
19. ..... is the use of exaggeration for effect.Example:I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
20. A line in poetry is most often referred to as a:
21. ..... refers to words which sound like the sound or action they describe.
22. Unrhymed verse, 10 syllable line
23. What is the underlying meaning or message of a poem or story?
24. A poem that follows a predictable pattern or conventional structure is called
25. The structure and organization in a poem.
26. Try the turkey tacos; they're quite tasty.
27. A sound, word, phrase, or line that is repeated for unity and emphasis
28. ..... means the use of words which sound like they mean.
29. A metrical foot with two stressed syllables paired together
30. "Moses supposes his toeses are roses"
31. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular verse.
32. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? The alligator chased his tailWhich hit him in the snout;He nibbled, gobbled, swallowed it, And turned right inside-out. by Mary Macdonald
33. Two lines of verse that form a unit with a pair of rhyming words.
34. Complete this sentence with an onomatopoetic word to fill in thisblank:The rock went " ..... " as I threw it into the lake.
35. Which of the following is defined as-a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry?
36. The speaker's attitude towards the subject.
37. The use of any element of language ..... a sound, word, or phrase ..... used more than once.
38. A set amount of lines in poetry grouped together by their length, meter or rhyme scheme
39. What is a poem that tells a story with characters an plot?
40. Which of Bryant's poems is an apostrophe?
41. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and are the same rhythm & length .....
42. The writer's attitude towards his/her subject
43. Logical sections of ideas, like paragraphs of an essay
44. Two lines of rhyming poetry
45. The person in the poem who is speaking
46. Rhyme that occurs within single of poetry.
47. Ordered pattern of rhymes
48. What is the tone of the following text? "I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
49. Amanda anaconda ate an amazing apple air-fried ashcake.
50. A writer's attitude toward what they are writing about
51. Read the following stanza and decide which two poetic devices the author uses. "I am Super Sampson Simpson, I'm superlatively strong. I like to carry elephants, I do it all day long. I pick up half a dozen and hoist them in the air. It's really somewhat simple, for I have strength to spare."
52. Languagethat appeals to the senses.
53. A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. It often features an image, or a pair of images, meant to depict the essence of a specific moment in time.
54. Replacing a word or idea with a different word that is closely related.
55. Comparison of two things unlike not using like or as.
56. The front desk was my chocolate notebook and I was not letting it go away. No way.This means:
57. Which of the following is composed of five three-line tercets and a final four-line quatrain?
58. "like" or "as" comparison
59. What is the best definition of an idiom?
60. Two lines that form a unit in a poem. Usually they rhyme and have the same rhythm.
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