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Poetry Terms Quiz 42 (60 MCQs)

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1. It has only three lines, with just seventeen syllables and no rhyming.
2. Sensory language is .....
3. What is a pattern of unstressed syllables within a line of verse?
4. What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?
5. ..... occurs when a poem's speaker addresses someone absent, someone dead, or something nonhuman as if it were present and could respond.
6. The use of words to create a vivid mental picture or physical sensation-appeals to the readers 5 senses-sight, sound, taste, smell, or touch
7. An illustrator draws a picture of darkness around the main character. The darkness represents a problem that the character may be facing. What could this problem be?
8. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
9. A regular pattern of end rhyme
10. When words end with the same sounds, the words
11. A(n) ..... is when an author compares 2 unlike thinks using like, as, resembles or than.
12. A single unit in a poem; can be a word, a phrase, or a complete sentence.
13. The author's choice of words
14. Words that end the same wayExample:cat / bat / satMean / green / teen
15. A short poem usually written in first person point of view. Express an emotion or an idea or describes a scene. Do not tell a story and are often musical
16. A statement that, while apparently self-contradictory, is nonetheless essentially true.
17. Type of poem that creates a shape to suggest its subject
18. What is poetry that does not have a set rhyme pattern or meter and may not have stanzas or even lines?
19. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words is
20. This is the feeling a literary work conveys to a reader.
21. What is a comparison of two thins using the words "like" or "as" ?
22. Who is the narrator? What do we know about them?
23. Why would an author use repetition?
24. Which book title does not feature a title with alliteration?
25. ..... occurs when the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.
26. A sound device in which sounds, words, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point.
27. The writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience
28. A poem that follows fixed rules such as a set number of lines or a repeating pattern of rhythm or rhyme
29. Extended metaphor is .....
30. COMPARING SOMETHING UNFAMILIAR TO SOMETHING FAMILIAR
31. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
32. Comparison between two things
33. What is the definition of free-verse poetry?
34. A reappearance of a word, phrase, or stanza.
35. The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
36. The means by which a poet reveals attitudes and feelings, in the style of language or expression of thought used to develop the subject.
37. Point of View in literature is
38. What are syllables?
39. A line that ends with no punctuation, indicating to wrap with the next line
40. Poetry that tells a story and includes a plot and characters
41. A pattern in rhyme which represents identical final sounds in lines or verses
42. Description that appeals to any of the five senses
43. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry is .....
44. Repetition is .....
45. Reference to a person, place, thing, or event.
46. The conditions or situation in which the poem occurs
47. She was as quiet as a mouse.
48. Subdivision of the play; presenting continuous action in one place
49. In 1815, French emperor Napoleon suffered a devastating defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which would prove to be his final battle before he abdicated the throne. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? Last night's playoff in the semifinals proved to be the team's Waterloo.
50. DO NOT pause at the end of lines in poetry unless there is punctuation.
51. ENG:A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. Compares two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as" . SPN:Una forma de expresar una comparacion sin usar "como" o "igual que"
52. What vocabulary word means:Set someone or something free from a situation
53. A poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyming and rhythm pattern.
54. Each line in a poem
55. When a poem has words that rhyme within one line.
56. A six-line stanza, or the final six lines of a 14-line Italian or Petrarchan sonnet
57. A ..... is a group of .....
58. Which of the following most likely the connotative meaning of love?
59. You're a mean one, Mr. GrinchYou really are a heelYou're as cuddly as a cactusYou're as charming as an eel-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
60. The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines in a poem (ex. aabba)
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