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Poetry Terms Quiz 43 (60 MCQs)

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1. A simple, song-like poem
2. The rhythmic structure of the poem ..... the way it sounds when read aloud.
3. A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repetitive.
4. The determination of a formal rhyming pattern using letters
5. Using language that creates a picture in the reader's minds (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures) is called:
6. Giving human qualities to non-human items
7. What figurative language is an obvious exaggerated statement?
8. A reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature often without explicit identification
9. The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
10. A restatement of an idea in such a way as to retain the meaning while changing the diction and form. Often an amplification of the original phrase/idea for the purpose of clarity.
11. The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence-more than once (think of the chorus of a song)
12. Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
13. A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas ans usually having a refrain.
14. Has the following elements:Paragraphs, setting and characters.
15. Use of any element of language more than once, used for musical effects and for emphasis
16. "The loud brown cow" is an example of .....
17. Voice that talks to the reader
18. A poem whose words are arranged in the shape of the subject of the poem
19. What is "a fixed pattern of accented and unaccounted syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm" ?
20. Comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
21. What is the definition of "ode" ?
22. A figure of speech where exaggeration is used to emphasize a point
23. A comparison in which one thing is written about as if it were another WITHOUT the use of like or as is
24. A lyric poem of 14 lines is called .....
25. Pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length
26. A writer's choice of words
27. Stanza structure in poetry can be best defined as .....
28. Distinct from author of the poem, the "character" speaking the lines.
29. A second, suggested meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached
30. Exaggeration used for emphasis
31. The person or thing that is the point of view of the poem
32. Figurative Language is .....
33. Choice of words in speaking or writing for clear and effective expression.
34. What is a connotation
35. The repetition of the same letter sound.Ex (Silly Sally said stop)
36. Reference to something in history or previous literature.
37. Repeated line or group of lines
38. Read the following poem and decide which two poetic devices the author uses. "It sushes, It hushes, The loudness in the road. It flitter-twitters, And laughs away from me. It laughs a lovely whiteness, And whitely whirs away To be some otherwhere. Still white as milk or shirts, So beautiful it hurts."
39. The place in the poem where the line ends.
40. When you substitute language that is less direct and vague for another that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive. An example:passed away/died
41. The use of words which imitate sound
42. The use of the same word, idea, or phrase for rhythm or emphasis
43. "Jack Sprat could eat no fat."
44. "Once upon a midnight weary, while I pondered, weak and weary." Which of the following is included in this line?
45. Verse and rhythmic writing that creates an emotional response
46. The repitition of initial stressed consonant sounds in a series of words within a prhase or verse lineex:Sally sold seashells by the seashore.
47. What figurative language appeals to the five senses?
48. A reference the author expects the reader to recognize
49. A short poem expressing the strong feelings or emotions of the speaker.
50. Poetry not written in traditional meter or rhyme
51. What does "symbol" mean?
52. Identify the correct definition of enjambment from the options below
53. ..... is a comparison of two things, using the words like or as.Example:Tony was as fast as a cheetah.
54. Petrarchan sonnet
55. The words of a song
56. Rhyming of the vowel sound (name-train, fight-like)
57. A type of poem that is sometimes set to music
58. Which of the following is an example of a rhyme
59. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
60. Ex:The crocodile's teeth are white daggers.
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