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Poetry Terms Quiz 20 (60 MCQs)

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1. Imagery that uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses:sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste
2. The holy time is quiet as a nun(William Wordsworth, "On the Beach at Calais" )
3. A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines. It usually develops one idea. Something like a paragraph in a prose.
4. Sections (paragraphs) of a poem are called
5. Carla put her foot in her mouth really means .....
6. That man is a snake.
7. The way the words, lines, groups of lines are arranged
8. ..... takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same consonant sounds
9. "Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder and flock back to their homes." What is being personified?
10. Poetry that has meter, line number, rhyme scheme, or some other requirement is called what?
11. Use of words to create a mental picture
12. A word in the middle of a line rhymes with the word at the end of the same line
13. A word which imitates a sound.
14. Repetition of consonant sounds within a group of words
15. Syntax is the study of .....
16. What is the definition of a title?
17. An example of this is: "My love is like a red, red rose."
18. Two stressed syllables in a row, like "schoolyard"
19. Taylor Swift refers to Romeo and Juliet in her song Love Story. This is an example of .....
20. Pattern of rhyme in a poem
21. The repetition of VOWEL sounds (ex.: "Hear the mellow wedding bells" )
22. What is the rhyme scheme:The dogsat on the logbut fell off into the fog
23. The lazy river looks less than lovely this late in the day. This sentence is a good example of how an author can use ..... in writing to communicate a point. (hint:it is a type of sound technique)
24. Words used to help a reader see an ordinary subject in a different way
25. True or false:Rhythm in poetry is defined as the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem; it can be created using meter, rhymes, alliteration, and refrain.
26. Creating a picture with words appealing to any of the five senses
27. The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of a poem to the next, without a pause between words
28. "Silence your cellphone so it doesn't buzz and beep during A Quiet Place."
29. Repetition of initial sounds
30. What is the poetry term for the repetition of vowel sounds?
31. Use of words, phrases, symbols & ideas to evoke mental images/sense impressions; often characterized by use of figures of speech, elaborate expressions, sound devices, or changes in syntax
32. In Robert Frost's Poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", this line is an example of: "So Eden sank to grief, /So dawn goes down to day."
33. A poem that is 14 lines long and that utilizes one of two specific meters (rhythm) and rhyme schemes
34. The repetition of the same or similar stressed sounds in words
35. Which is an example of personification?
36. A figure of speech that offers an exaggerated or extravagant statement (that is not meant to be taken literally) in order to highlight a point is called
37. Simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited. Example: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
38. A change in tone, mood, setting, subject, or characterization that affect's the poem's meaning
39. A quatrain is a stanza with .....
40. The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the wordex. leaf and loaf; roam and room.ex. It was just a little teeter-totter.
41. The giving of human qualities to objects, animals, or things.
42. A pair of lines, usually rhymed; this is the shortest stanza
43. What form of poetry tells a story, may rhyme, has a story plot, setting, and characters?
44. Compare unlike things (using like or as)
45. It is the repetition of similar vowel sounds
46. Words that end in the same sound, end rhyme
47. A poem narrating a story in short stanzas, typically an unknown author; passed on orally through generations as part of folk culture
48. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
49. Single unit of language into which a poem is divided
50. What figurative language is used in this sentence? Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.
51. Simile or Metaphor? My brother was boiling mad.
52. An object used on stage or screen by actors during a performance or screen production
53. Which figure of speech is exemplified by the phrase 'the wind blew'?
54. Assigning human qualities to something that is not human.
55. The emotional associations a word evokes
56. The repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables
57. Which is the correct definition of Assonance?
58. A Paradox is.....
59. When contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true
60. An eight-line stanza
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