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Poetry Terms Quiz 136 (60 MCQs)

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1. Attitude or approach that the author tkaes toward the works central them or subject
2. Definition:a section of a poem with lines grouped together
3. Your ..... are your wishes for certain things to happen.
4. A ..... is a group of lines together like a paragraph.
5. Two words at the end of a line of poetry that end in sounds that almost rhyme
6. How many syllables does this line have? A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.
7. An example of personification is
8. An imagitive comparison without using like or as in a literary work, such as a novel or poem, that isn't just used in one line but is extended over multiple lines or throughout the word.
9. Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted imaginatively is .....
10. "A person, place, object, animal, or activity that stands for something beyond itself" is called .....
11. What would be an example of anaphora
12. "Lightning danced across the sky, " is an example of which poetic device?
13. Kaleo runs like a cheetah. Metaphor?
14. A recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry
15. When you use an exaggeration for effect, like, "I saw The Black Panther a million times this weekend."
16. Using "figures of speech" to say something other than the literal meaning of the words
17. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two tings without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as" .Ex. Love is a battlefield.
18. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. Creates a musical effect.
19. Dictionary definition of a word
20. The beats of a poem
21. "The snow is a white blanket." and "She is an early bird."
22. What is it called when words or lines are used more than once in a poem?
23. Poetry with a strict meter but NO strict rhyme scheme
24. Paragraphing in poems
25. Identify the use of alliteration in the following line:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
26. A part of a poem that is repeated multiple times is called:
27. A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statementis made
28. Is an event (there are multiple) in a script, is included in an act
29. Poems are meant to be read aloud.
30. Which term means the repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
31. "And into my garden stole When the night had veil'd the pole; In the morning glad I see My foe outstrech'd beneath the tree" This stanza created from four lines is typically called a .....
32. Letters at the end of lines are used to represent this poetry term. One common pattern is a b a b
33. A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music. They are typically composed of 4 line stanzas that follow an ABCB rhyme scheme.
34. A comparison made between two things that are unalike using the word "like" or "as"
35. The following line is an example of which sound device? I think I like the bright, pink kite.
36. Person, Place, thing, or idea that stands for itself for something beyond itself (red, rose, dove cross)
37. A literary device that refers to the 5 senses is
38. The pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line of a poem, as labeled with letters.
39. The time and place in which the poem occurs is:
40. A comparison (without using a comparing word) between two things which are basically dissimilar
41. AKA 'meter', words said in 'beats' like music, the poem has to read in a pattern of syllables
42. A type of poem in which the speaker is talking directly to the reader
43. Read the following line: "The wind whistled and shook the windows as the storm got near." To which of our five senses does this mostly appeal?
44. "I wandered lonely as a cloud" from Wordsworth, is an example of
45. A reference to another piece of literature or to history.
46. Greeks devastated the city of Troy in an outburst of the Trojan War, when Helen-the wife of King Menelaus-ran away with the prince of Troy. Apparently, Helen was a very beautiful woman from Greece, and was ultimately held responsible for the devastation of Troy.
47. Poetry that does not have any end rhyme
48. You gave me an idea to buy ice cream because I am craving it.
49. Helps readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel something.
50. A comparison that uses no connecting words.
51. A poem that does not rhyme and doesn't follow any rules is called a .....
52. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Describe one thing as if it were something else. They often point out a similarity between two unlike things.
53. Words that rhyme perfectly.
54. A group of words on one line with a number in the front
55. What is this an example of? Phillip found four amphibians.
56. The bruise on George's foot felt as big as an elephant. What are the words in blue an example of?
57. This use of words that describe a sound so that the readers can clearly "hear" them is called
58. An expressive, imaginative piece of writing often arranged in lines having rhythm and rhyme. The patterns made by the sounds of the words have special importance.
59. Moving from the present to an event that has happened earlier
60. What poem has no set rules?
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