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Poetry Terms Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. The difference between the way something appears and what is actually true.
2. The "turning" point of a sonnet, usually occurring between the octave and the sestet.
3. A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals.
4. A non-human (ex. Animal or object) given human like qualities or the object given life-like qualities (EX. Lightning danced across the sky, The leaves waved in the wind, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed)
5. Rhyme that happens at the ends of lines
6. The opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended.
7. An example is: "My heart's a stereo."
8. Give an example of personification
9. The author's perspective concentrates on the vantage point of the speaker, or "teller", of the story or poem (1st person:the speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/her perspective, 3rd person limited:the speaker is not part of the story, but tells about the other characters but limits information about what one character sees and feels, 3rd person omniscient:the speaker is not part of the story, but is able to "know" and describe what all characters are thinking)
10. This term is used for poetry that does NOT rhyme, or have regular meter:
11. Two ideas/subjects that do NOT connect, but put together using "is" in between to make a deeper meaning is ..... (Example:War is peace)
12. "The sun kissed my cheeks as I walked through the park." What type of figurative language is used?
13. Poetry that follows no rules. Just about anything goes.
14. What is a Haiku?
15. Approximate or Slant rhyme
16. A unified group of lines in poetry.
17. The pattern that the last word in the line of a poem follows
18. Choose the example that includes alliteration.
19. Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items
20. Which example uses a metaphor?
21. Reference to a well known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.
22. A term in basketball where one player dunks emphatically on an opposing player
23. All of the following terms are shown EXCEPT which one?"I looked onwards in awe and said teach me.Teach me to fly through the air like the first flight of pegasus."
24. Ex:an olive branch usually represents the idea of peace.
25. An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. For example, a ring represents marriage, faithfulness, and/or a promise.
26. Why is personification used in poetry and what effect does it create?
27. This literary technique is used in poetry to convey feeling and emotion and to set the mood for the work. It can be achieved through word choice, the grammatical arrangement of words (syntax), imagery, or details that are included or omitted
28. A collection of two or more lines in a poem is called a
29. Recurring (over and over again) identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of verse. For example:may, play, lay
30. A group of words in a row; the unit of a poem
31. ..... is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
32. A couplet consists of
33. A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well
34. * A poem that does not follow a consistent rhythm or rhyme* These poems focus on imagery, word choice and figurative language free from traditional structure.
35. This is when one thing takes the place of something else like an idea.
36. Poetry that does not rhyme and does not follow any specific structure
37. A comparison of two unlike things, without using like or as
38. The author's attitude in a piece of literature
39. Paragraphs in poems are called what?
40. I have a million things to do today. This is an example of
41. True or False:Slant rhymes are identical
42. What is the term for a group of lines in a poem?
43. The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
44. A figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics or feelings.
45. Which term is this the definition for:A symbol is a person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning.
46. What is the term for the range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning?
47. This the use of words that imitate sounds.
48. Phrases or lines of poetry that are repeated in a poem; like the chorus of the song
49. What is the main poetry type without a regular rhyme scheme?
50. A comparison between two seemingly unrelated things using connecting words (like, as, or seems).
51. When words at the end of two or more lines rhyme.
52. When the outcome is the opposite of what was expected
53. A kind of poem, usually praising something; a form of lyric poetry expressing emotion
54. Writing with a rhythm, usually rhymes
55. What do we call descriptive language where the words are not taken literally?
56. The practice of using an image, object, or word to represent an abstract idea or quality.
57. Repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
58. The central message of the poem, the moral
59. Two line of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought.
60. Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
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