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Poetry Terms Quiz 34 (60 MCQs)

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1. Type of parallelism created when successive phrases start with same words
2. My sloppy sister snoozes is an example of .....
3. If a friend asks you for help but you don't know how to explain to them you .....
4. Complex lyric poem that addresses a serious theme like truth, passage of time, or justice
5. We have been asked to identify the similarities and differences ..... the two books.
6. A musical quality in language; the beat
7. What is a comparison of two different things using the word like or as?
8. What device is used here:Good as gold Busy bee Living the life
9. An extravagant exaggeration that couldn't possibly be true; used to make a point.
10. A poem with 4 lines in each stanza that follow a rhyme scheme and usually tells a story is called a .....
11. Using words to create a picture in the reader's mind.
12. What does "irony" mean?
13. The dictionary definition of a word is called the
14. Expresses the author's or poet's attitude towards his/ her subject.
15. Definition:a figure of speech that compares two different things without the words "like" or "as."
16. Choose the correct figurative language Snow White's hair is black like charcoal.
17. A struggle within a story. It can be between the protagonist and antagonist, between the protagonist and his society, or the protagonist and nature
18. What a word suggests beyond what it expresses. The feeling associated with the word.
19. A songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings
20. Capitalization, line length, and word choice is an example of which type of literary element?
21. The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckleAt every step you missedMy right ear scraped a buckle The italicized words are examples of words that represent:
22. What are we commenting on when we evaluate how the poem is organised?
23. The best kinds of people stand up tall, No matter how hard they fall. The best kinds of people are honest and true. The best kind of person, my dear, is you.What technique do you notice here?
24. Poems that do not rhyme but consist of iambic pentameter
25. What is the topic of a free verse poem?
26. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
27. ..... occurs when words at the end of lines rhyme with each other.
28. Dramatic change in thought and/or emotion
29. Poems that express the personal thoughts and feelings of the poet or the speaker
30. "The stars danced in the night sky" is an example of:
31. What is the point of view in a poem?
32. During World War II Sweden was Neutral or ..... on which side they were on.
33. May feature colloquial language-local idioms and slang expressions
34. A poem with no rhythm or rhyme.
35. What word means the ideas and feelings that words bring to mind.
36. What is the term for the use of words to create a picture or image in the reader's mind in a poem?
37. Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme; more like everyday talk.
38. A brief, intentional reference, to a famous or well known historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement. Often referenced texts include the Bible and Greek mythology.
39. Narrative poem written in four-line stanzas
40. Anthropomorphism
41. A line of dimeter contains this many feet:
42. The ideas and feelings associated with a word
43. A pause in the middle of a line of poetry
44. "Using extreme exaggeration to make a point" is a definition of:
45. Humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.
46. Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a
47. The lesson of the poem is that life can feel scary sometimes
48. A group of words together on one line of the poem
49. Lines that end with the same sound.
50. What is the figurative meaning of "Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder and flock back to their homes."
51. How many lines does the poem below have?It came in a winter's night, a fierce cold with quite a bite.Frosted wind with all its mightsent ice and snow an inviteto layer earth in pure whiteand glisten with morning light.
52. Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things.ex. The moon was smiling.
53. To dig deep and get a better understanding is to.....
54. A figure of speech in which a nonliving or inanimate object is given human characteristics.
55. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a poem is known as .....
56. A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart with a line of space
57. The straightforward meanings of words
58. It is called ..... when a nonhuman object is given human characteristics.
59. A figure of speech involving exaggeration. An example:I've told you a million times.
60. A figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities. For example, "The sky looked like an artist's canvas."
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