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Poetry Terms Quiz 134 (60 MCQs)

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1. Combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox, as in the word bittersweet or the phrase living death
2. This type of poem tells a story and is often set to music.
3. Poetry that does not follow a particular rhythm or rhyme pattern.
4. The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience. They sometimes appeal to the senses ..... sight, taste, smell, hearing, and touch.
5. Two accented syllables together (KNICKKNACK)(bring your spondee to the picnic)/two unaccented syllables together (in the)
6. An iamb consists of syllables that are
7. Brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature
8. The physical arrangement of the words on the page, sometimes involving rhyme and rhythm
9. ..... is the repetition of final consonant sounds.
10. ..... is a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence.
11. Repetition of a consonant sound with words in close proximity.
12. What type of imagery is this? "The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house."
13. I went to the storeTo buy some breadI opened the doorAnd hit my headThis poem is written in .....
14. The positive or negative feelings associated with a word
15. StudentSocial, StudiousReading, Writing, SolvingCurious scholar, Knowledgeable educatorEvaluating, Instructing, ChallengingSmart, GenerousTeacher
16. The use of words to evoke sensory experiences is called .....
17. When animals, ideas, or objects are given human qualities
18. ..... is mental pictures or feelings created by creative word usage in poetry.
19. The repetition of consonant sounds (Ex:Mike likes his new bike. )
20. What word means the literal, dictionary definition.
21. In a poem, what is the correct term for a group of words arranged in a row?
22. Both, poems and plays, have narrators.
23. A diamante poem is presented in the shape of a diamond. True or False?
24. Words that are used to represent particular sounds
25. Which of the following words best describes words like "whack" and "buzz" that imitate sounds?
26. The literal meaning or definition of a word
27. Which of the following is NOT an example of a poem?
28. An expression that is so overused it is boring and commonplace.
29. Repetition of final consonant sounds
30. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? The leaves were crunching under my feet as I walked through the yard.
31. The mood or feeling that the author tries to convey.
32. A concrete representation of an abstract idea
33. What is the purpose of a limerick?
34. A student can earn extra credit on the poetry portfolio.
35. The way a text is intended to make the target audience feel
36. Expresses an emotion or an idea, or describes a scene.Does not tell a story and often musical
37. Language that uses the five senses
38. One of three major types of literature, makes use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language
39. Which word mean:The stanza that keeps on repeating after some lines in a poem, see often in songs?
40. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
41. Simile or Metaphor:My life is a dream.
42. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman.
43. What is the definition of couplet?
44. When human qualities are given to non-human objects
45. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse?
46. Ideas are meanings beyond the literal meaning of the word
47. Part of a word that makes on sound; words can have one or multiple of these
48. A form of dramatic exaggeration
49. How the poet wants the reader to feel after reading the poem
50. ..... is to make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
51. The shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing
52. The exploding rice pot was like a volcano erupting. Metaphor?
53. The fallen leaves are cornflakesThat fills the lawn's wide dish, And night and noonThe wind's a spoonThat stirs them with a swish
54. What is the repetition of internal vowel sounds?
55. An indirect reference to something.
56. A group of lines throughout the poem ..... somewhat like a paragraph in writing
57. Words that end in the same sounds.
58. A comparison that suggests that one object is another one, figuratively speaking
59. Words that imitate the sound described
60. The message or idea that an author expresses in a poem about the subject
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