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Poetry Terms Quiz 138 (60 MCQs)

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1. To shout praise or applause
2. What is the definition of the term:Assonance?
3. "A witty worm wanders widely" is an example of
4. In line 24, why does the speaker say that he found "sweetness and pride" in the first tomato?
5. The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
6. Two lines are called?
7. What does the word "juxtapose" mean?
8. What is dramatic monologue?
9. "Her eyes were like diamonds glistening in the moonlight."This is an example of what poetic term?
10. "The clock stood up and walked off the wall" is an example of what type of figurative language?
11. How do you identify tone in a poem?
12. Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word. All Knowing! When the Narrator can tell the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.
13. Poems that express personal emotions or feelings are called .....
14. Two opposite words placed side by side
15. Repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in the word.
16. The author's attitude toward writing
17. Today is very boring, it's a very boring day, there is nothing much to look at, there is nothing much to say. There's a peacock on my sneakers, there's a penguin on my head, there's a dormouse on my doorstep; I am going back to bed.
18. What is Ms. Cattell's favorite animal at the moment? Hint:Jack likes this animal too even though he denies it.
19. Anything that is not poetry is called
20. Literal or dictionary definition of a word
21. When human qualities are given to nonhuman things.
22. Using humans qualities to describe nonhuman things.
23. Love is like a roseSometimes it dies, sometimes it growsBreak-ups are a lot like waterWhen they're ice coldthey are always harder
24. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG This is an example of a .....
25. "I love this game like the winter loves snow"
26. A longer direct comparison
27. How a text is organized
28. A figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined is known as .....
29. The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line is
30. Poem that expresses the speaker's personal thoughts or feelings
31. Repetition of vowel sounds in words
32. "My friend is as sharp as a pencil, " is an example of which poetic device?
33. "Their woes are over soon. Mine are not. Jason's are not." ~~ MEDEA
34. "I'm car sick, open a window I'm car sick, take this pill I'm car sick, rest your eyes I'm car sick, shhh be still" is an example of
35. A rhymed pair of lines. A couplet can be written in any rhythmic pattern.
36. Lines or words that are repeated to stress the importance:
37. What type of figurative language is a word imitating a sound?
38. Serves the same function as the narrator in a story:to "tell" the poem.
39. The repetition of consonant sounds (every sound besides vowel sounds) in neighboring words THAT DO NOT RHYME.
40. A group of lines arranged together that are set off from other groups by a space
41. Given human characteristics or traits to non-human things.
42. A comparison giving human-like characteristics to a nonhuman or nonliving object.
43. Use of an object, person, place, or event that has both a meaning in itself and stands for something larger
44. "as light as a feather"What figurative language type would this be?
45. Repeated line or lines in a poem or song.
46. Kevin's shades were drawn. The room was dark and he liked it that way. After the day he had, darkness was a welcomed friend. He felt like sunshine was so far away. The writer is creating a-
47. Lines grouped together like a paragraph in a poem
48. Which type of poetry does not adhere to a specific rhyme scheme or meter?
49. A musical quality of a poem.
50. A ..... is a comparison that DOES NOT use the words "like" or "as."
51. Long narrative usually about a hero's deeds.
52. A word that mimics an actual sound
53. Metaphor, simile, and personification are all examples of .....
54. I wandered lonely as a cloud
55. A long narrative poem about medieval culture and secret love.
56. How many lines per stanza does tercet
57. What is this stanza's rhyme scheme?Then suddenly one awful day, She heard the Magic Mirror say, "From now on Queen you're number two, Snow White is prettier than you!"
58. What gives nonhuman things human characteristics? Example:The waves dance along the shore.
59. A figure of speech that combines two words that contradict each other
60. That though they never equal stars in size
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