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Poetry Terms Quiz 144 (60 MCQs)

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1. The literary element that describes the ways that the author uses words-the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text.
2. Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore;For we cannot help agreeing that no living human beingEver yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door-Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore." Which line contains internal rhyme?
3. What two things are being compared in the following metaphor? The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand.
4. The main unit of a poem is a
5. A group of related lines that forms a division of a poem or a song (a paragraph).
6. A poem written in an established pattern
7. What is the difference between repetition and alliteration?
8. What is a "pair of rhyming lines" ?
9. A stylized literary reference
10. What is a two-line poem that rhymes?
11. What is the definition of hyperbole in poetry?
12. When a line does not stop at the end of a line
13. Talking the talk of growing things-/ Wind and water and weather
14. Discuss the role of alliteration in creating rhythm and sound in poetry.
15. To emphasize means to .....
16. A long narrative poem that usually tells about the deeds of a hero
17. Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. The poem God's Wold by Edna St Vincent Millay begins with an apostrophe: "O World, I cannot hold thee close enough!/Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!Thy mists that roll and rise!"
18. Lines or words that have the same ending sound
19. An implied comparison between two things without like or as
20. "I'm as chill as a polar bear" is an example of:
21. In the sentence, "When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow, " what two things are being compared?
22. Which of these would be considered a poem?
23. Words or phrases that use description to create pictures or images in the reader's mind. (5 senses).
24. What is the rhyme scheme for this stanza?A short while later, through the wood, Came striding brave Miss Riding Hood, The wolf stood there, his eyes ablaze, And yellowish, like mayonnaise.
25. Happens at the end of linesex. Now you know how this poem will endShe's a true friend
26. I was so tired after school, I slept for a month!
27. Morning It always comes The bright sun blinds my eyes I get ready to go to school good day this is a .....
28. When the last words in two lines of poetry end the same
29. Language that appeals to one or more of the senses is known as
30. The beat, the way the poem flows when you read it
31. What type of rhyme is the following example?"Ah! as the heart grows olderIt will come to such sights colder.
32. An obvious exaggeration or overstatement for special effect imagery
33. Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?
34. Used in poetry to convey feeling and emotion, and set the mood for the work.
35. ..... is a literary device that refers to the use of symbols in a literary work.
36. What is the correct spelling of the word that means having or ending with a sound that corresponds to another.
37. The shingles on the shack shook in the storm winds like scared children.
38. The use ofwords that vividly describe a sound (the word mimics the sound)so that readers can clearly "hear" themis called
39. Looks like a rhyme on paper (move-love, rain-again)
40. What is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses?
41. What is the type of literature where words are carefully chosen to create a certain effect?
42. This sentence is an example of what: "Her voice was music to my ears."
43. The cloud was as fluffy as cotton candy!
44. A reference to someone or something famous.
45. Max is a pig when he eats. This is an example of a/an:
46. Poem with 14 lines, either Italian or Shakesperean in format
47. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out! This is an example of .....
48. A literary ballad is a written tradition.
49. The definition of the term "repetition" is .....
50. Provide an example of a famous poem that uses metaphor extensively.
51. "The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their descent to the ground." is an example of .....
52. The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Example:deep green sea.
53. Using words to create a picture in the readers' mind using the senses.
54. A poem that tells a story. Not an epic ..... epics have superhuman or extraordinary happenings ..... narratives do not.
55. ..... is a particular type of repetition in which the same word or group of words is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or lines.
56. A couplet is a group of how many lines?
57. When you repeat words, phrases, or sounds
58. A thunderstorm brewed in his eyes.
59. An eight-line stanza, usually the first stanza of an Italian Sonnet
60. A word or phrase that states a characteristic quality of a person or thing.
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