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Poetry Terms Quiz 18 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an example of personification?
2. What is assonance?
3. The attitude or mood the author creates
4. A ..... is an object that represents something bigger than itself. (Heart=Love)
5. Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of neighboring words.
6. Arrange and repeat vowels, and smooth consonants (l, m, n, y, w) to create flowing and pleasing sound
7. It's Like Watching Paint Dry Ray Henson has spoken out about his recent attempt to watch a wildly popular British period drama with his wife. "The show was about two hours long, but nothing happened, " Mr. Henson complained. Mr. Henson said that the show was about as exciting as watching paint dry. What type of figurative language is used?
8. A deliberate exaggeration
9. The following line is an example of which metrical foot? " "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, "
10. A grouped set of lines within a poem (similar to a paragraph)
11. The wedding ring showed our dedication to each other.
12. 'proud pain of new button boot' contains two examples of
13. Repeating of words or lines in poetry
14. Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words
15. Poetry that has no reguar rhyme or rhythm
16. Poems of praise that often exhibit complex metrical patterns
17. Repetition of consonant sounds ANYWHERE in a word
18. Comparison of two unlike things that do NOT use LIKE or AS
19. All poetry has rhyming words.
20. The swimmer was a knife cutting through the water.
21. ..... is a type of descriptive language used to represent objects, feelings, and thoughts. It often appeals to one or more of the five senses:sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
22. What is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines?
23. Lines of poetry grouped together and usually separated by a space; often develop ideas, as paragraphs do in stories.
24. Define the rhyme scheme:The dog ran into the bogand sat on a log. The log was too weakand dumped the dog in the creek.
25. A line of poetry
26. Words that sound like the objects or actions to which they refer
27. It has two levels of meaning, a literal level and a figurative level. It represents something else beyond itself.
28. Poetry that expresses emotions/feelings typically with a lot of imagery and has songlike qualities
29. A comparison of two nouns using the words like or as
30. Descriptive language that appeals to our senses
31. What type of figurative language is a comparison NOT using "like" or "as" ?
32. An implied or indirect reference to something the reader should recognize
33. Comparing unlike things using comparative words
34. A poem with no rhyme scheme, no meter, no particular structure, and no rules.
35. The pattern of end rhyme in a poem is called ..... and is labeled using letters of the alphabet.
36. The structure of a poem; the way its words and lines are arranged.
37. The vantage point of the speaker, or "teller" of the story or poem.
38. The fog is a cat/ sneaking upon the unaware city
39. Giving human qualities to non-living objects
40. I ..... my favorite poem and learned it by heart.
41. The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, written out as letters, such as AABB or ABAB.
42. Means extreme exaggeration
43. Form of Japanese poetry that consists of 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables
44. What word refers to the underlying message the author wants you to think about?
45. Eight lines are called?
46. A pair of rhyming lines is called a
47. A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.
48. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. What words rhyme?
49. What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
50. Dizzy David drew a dinosaur.
51. You see your best friend's girlfriend kissing someone else at snack. You walk to your next class and you see your best friend who says, "Hey man, I'm so excited to see my girl later on. I'm gonna ask her to Prom! Have you seen her today?"
52. What is the definition of rhyme?
53. The central message of a literary work ..... the universal meaning
54. What are the red letters an example of?The people along the sand (A)All turn and look one way. (B)They turn their back on the land. (A)They look at the sea all day. (B)As long as it takes to pass (C)A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)The wetter ground like glass (D)Reflects a standing gull. (D)
55. A seeming contradiction.
56. A comparison using like or as
57. Words that imitate sounds
58. When a poet is talking directly to a thing or person that isn't actually present.
59. The stars on the U.S. flag are an example of .....
60. A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together
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