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Poetry Terms Quiz 27 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of a onomatopoeia?
2. What is the syllable pattern of a haiku?
3. Non-rhyming poetry that usually does not have a regular rhythm or format
4. "The wind screamed through the night." This is an example of .....
5. Specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions
6. One line of words.
7. A form that follows fixed rules
8. Written with "I" as the subject; narrator is part of poem; Pronouns:I, me, we, us, our, mine, my
9. Building of excitement in a text
10. Which is an example of repetition
11. A 14 line poem, usually rhymed with a very specific pattern, written in iambic pentameter is called:
12. A comparison between two things that does not us "like" or "as"
13. Which is the best example of abstract diction?
14. A rhyming two-line unit in a poem
15. What is the correct term for the following definition? A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
16. Which word rhymes with all three? butterfly shy multiply
17. Traditional poetry follows patterns for rhyme, meter, or stanza length.
18. What uses language to create mental images?
19. Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.
20. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."Stopping By The Woods on a Snowy Evening" -Robert Frost Where is the refrain in this poem?
21. Under exaggeration; using a negative statement to affirm a positive
22. Which of the following terms is defined as:the main message that an author wants to communicate to a reader
23. Normal writing ..... all grammar rules apply would be considered:
24. An example of feminine rhyme is
25. The author's central idea or the message he/she is trying to convey about the world at large
26. Read this short poem by Robert Frost, titled "Nothing Gold can Stay", then choose the rhyme scheme this poem follows:Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay.
27. When two or more words start with the same sound appear close together in a poem
28. A pair of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry is called:
29. What senses does imagery appeal to?
30. What is the definition of symbolism?
31. It beats ..... as it sweeps ..... as it cleans!-is an example of .....
32. Compares one thing with another without using "like" or "as"
33. A stanza with two lines is called .....
34. This form of poetry consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables .....
35. Repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals
36. The implied meaning of a word; opposite of denotation.
37. "To the swinging and the ringing of the bells, bells, bells ..... "
38. Acts like a paragraph in prose
39. The voice talking to the reader in a poem
40. The definition of "onomatopoeia" is .....
41. The following are types of figurative language
42. Shorter poem that describes a single event and may be set to music
43. Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human.
44. The fog was a ghost
45. A sentence or sentence fragment in a poem
46. Which of the following terms is used to measure a poem's rhythm?
47. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates the rhythm of lines of poetry.
48. Lightning danced across the sky.
49. Boom! Bam! Pop! Buzz!
50. In poetry a paragraph is called a .....
51. Personification gives .....
52. Literature that ridicules human folly or vice in order to bring about some kind of reform
53. Grouped lines of poerty
54. Rhyme pattern in a poem (marked with letters)
55. The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close togetherex.- "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
56. This is is a pleasing sounding caused by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems.
57. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. What two things are being compared in this this sentence?
58. How the reader feels about a text
59. The repetition of identical or similar sounds in words.
60. When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a
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