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Poetry Terms Quiz 26 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of imagery in poetry?
2. A ..... is "a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word" .
3. Fairly self-explanatory-it's the process of repeating certain words or phrases.
4. The repetition of vowels sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables.
5. What is an idiom?
6. The repetition of consonant sounds within words
7. A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
8. Which of these quotes is an example of personification?
9. "When the sky rages, I'll hold them" ~ MEDEA
10. A rhythmical pause in a poetic line
11. Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it.
12. A unit of measure of two or three syllables that contain at least one stressed syllable
13. A form with an unusual shape or pattern
14. A poem's structure is called .....
15. "The sun is a light bulb in the sky" is an example of what type of figurative language?
16. Rhyme schemes are labeled with .....
17. Who wrote "The Listeners" ?
18. Expressing the writers emotion, usually briefly.
19. What is the definition of pun?
20. The comparison of two things in which one is said to be another
21. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Uses like or as to compare two unlikely things
22. A dramatic statement or exaggeration is a .....
23. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:Imagery
24. Shared consonants or resemblance in sound
25. What is two things compared without using like or as?
26. A visual poem is
27. Which of the following are examples of figurative language?
28. What are the details that appeal to one or more of the five senses called
29. When phrases, words, or lines are repeated in a poem
30. He's so dreamy I bet he's her Prince Charming.
31. Used to make something sound bigger or better than it actually is
32. Explicit meaning of a word as listed in the dictionary.
33. "The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." What is being personified?
34. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of .....
35. A lamb = purity, childhood, innocence, Jesus
36. The use of words whose sounds echo their meaning
37. ..... is a comparison of two things that have something in common.
38. What are words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story?
39. The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
40. The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse. An example from "The Sound of Music." When the dog bites, (Boom Boom, BOOOM Boom) When the bee stings, (Boom Boom BOOOM Boom)
41. "The picture was as colorful as a rainbow" is which type of figurative language?
42. Which is an example of Metaphor?
43. The lesson or message of a literary work is called .....
44. Words that are spoken
45. An example of a prose is .....
46. ..... the main idea, central idea, subject, topic, or meaning of a story or poem.
47. A reference in a text to something literary, historical, or religious (that the reader should have previous knowledge of) outside of the text.
48. A ..... is a single row of words in a poem
49. The regular pattern of sounds in a poem or beats in a piece of music
50. Defined by lack of structure
51. The repetition of final sounds in two or more words
52. A haiku is known for being a poem with ..... lined poem.
53. Simile or Metaphor? My big brother is a couch potato.
54. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.
55. The author's attitude toward the subject or topic of his or her writing.
56. An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem
57. Compares 2 things by using like or as
58. What is being personified? "Oreo:Milk's favorite cookie!"
59. Specific arrangement of a poem
60. "The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is .....
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