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Poetry Terms Quiz 154 (47 MCQs)

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1. A narrative poem that was originally meant to be sung.
2. Comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as"
3. A stanza of four lines, usually the lines alternate in rhyme (ABAB)
4. Choose the answer that uses a metaphor.
5. What is connotation in poetry?
6. Comparison of two unlike things using a signal word such as like, as, or resembles
7. A rythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated.
8. The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. An example:I wandered lonely as a cloud.
9. Style of poetry based on the natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses rather than the artificial constraints of metrical feet
10. What is the repeating of lines, words or verses in a poem?
11. An object or action that stands for something beyond itself
12. A ..... girl was crowned Tip-off queen in 2020.
13. Reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong
14. Explicit means.....
15. The opposite meaning of what is intended
16. You should ALWAYS pause at a comma when reading.
17. Poetry not written in traditional meter but still rhythmical
18. Author's attitude towards a subject is called the ....., and the overall feeling a piece of literature creates is its .....
19. A person, place, thing, or idea within a poem that means something in addition to itself
20. A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives the poetry a rhythmic quality
21. Graphical Elements
22. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses?
23. The rhythmical arrangement of syllables into verses or stanzas.
24. Choose the word with the more POSITIVE (+) connotation.
25. ..... is the use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once.
26. (The rock cried out in fear. Her chair squealed in agony.)
27. Words that evoke pictures and trigger the mind's memories of sight (visual), sounds (auditory), tastes (gustatory), smells (olfactory), and sensations of touch (tactile).
28. A 17 syllable, three line, unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature.
29. A word that sounds like its meaning, or mimics the sound Creates a visual image
30. Calypso, the loveliest among goddessesThe phrase above is an example of a .....
31. The position or outlook from which the speaker tells the story
32. Which sound would be used in assonance?
33. Expression of ideas or feelings through words, usually having form, rhythm, and rhyme
34. Alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhyme are all .....
35. Literature written in a poetic or rhyming format
36. What literary device is this?The woods are lovely dark and deepBut I have promises to keepAnd miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep.
37. Rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry
38. "Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
39. Where the author has chosen to end a line
40. Which of the following contains a correct definition and example of consonance?
41. Language that appeals to the senses (seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, and touching)
42. This is the attitude that an author presents a subject, or how they seem to feel about it
43. Usually short and imply (not state) a single, strong emotion; uses descriptive language
44. The meaning, moral, or message about life that the author is trying to show the reader
45. Language or writing that appeals to one or more of the reader's 5 senses
46. Which type of poem has no rhyme or rhythm?
47. An octave consists of .....
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