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Poetry Terms Quiz 46 (60 MCQs)

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1. "I am one of many small branches of a broken tree" is an example of
2. The poet's attitude towards his/her subject or audience.
3. Poets use this to create images, draw connections and provoke emotions for the reader.
4. A word created for humor or to rhyme
5. The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex:A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm.
6. The art of expressing one's thoughts in verse. Written in lines and stanzas, with a lot of white space on the page.
7. Something that stands for or represents something else
8. Uses words with identical end sound
9. Ideas and feelings associated with a word, as opposed to its dictionary definition
10. When Carrie Newcomer says, "Sunlight, and blueberries, Good dogs and wool socks" or "The smooth glassy calm of the morning pond, " she is appealing to your five senses which is called .....
11. This is an extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect.
12. ..... the pattern of rhyme formed by the end rhyme in a poem. The ..... is designated by the assignment of a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme.
13. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things that share similar characteristics (does not use "like" or "as" )
14. Use of any element of language more than once
15. The highest degree of an adjective or adverb or an exaggerated or hyperbolic expression
16. Cat, bat, hat, sat
17. A group of lines in poetry.
18. What type of poetry is this the definition for?A five-line, rhymed, rhythmic poem that is usually humorous.
19. A comparison without using the words like or as.
20. What poetic device is exemplified by the following phrase: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills." ?
21. Homework is a breeze, " is an example of which type of figurative language?
22. A kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.
23. Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. Typically about nature and use no rhyme scheme.
24. Two-line poems that match in rhyme and length.
25. The repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line.
26. Which term has the following definition:Old French epic poems
27. What is the definition of a symbol?
28. When human qualities and ideas are given to things
29. The overall feeling of the story is called
30. She's as cold as ice.
31. Form of Japanese poetry that has 5 unrhymed lines consisting of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables
32. A poem with five lines, a rhyme scheme of AABBA, that is comedic is called a?
33. What does "denotation" mean?
34. Follows strict rules (rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, etc.)
35. He is like a shining star is an example of a ..... ?
36. Rhyme is the repetition of:
37. A phrase that compares two things using "like" or "as"
38. When two words have similar ending sounds or sound the same
39. An object, person, or place that has meaning beyond itself is
40. The repetition of vowel sounds next to or within one word of each other is called
41. Rhymes within a line of poetry
42. What literary device is this?The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas .....
43. Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.
44. "Press an ear against its hive."This is an example of what TWO poetic terms?
45. The reflection of a writer's attitude, feelings and/or outlook
46. A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
47. A group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
48. Which type of poem has FOUR lines that make a stanza?Show Answers
49. The central message, lesson, or insight into life revealed through a poem or story.
50. The use of language to create a mental images and sensory expressions
51. It is the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words, not just the beginning.
52. What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?
53. The voice behind the poem is called the ..... ?
54. Words that only look as if they will rhyme
55. To go beyond in action or performance
56. Which one of these is considered a pun?
57. "There is no CLutter CLuttered upmore CLosely, I presume, than the CLutter CLustered CLinginglyin my friend, Betty's room"is an example of
58. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore" Is an example of which type of figurative language?
59. Comparison of two things that are unlike but have some qualities in common; does not use like or as
60. The way a poem is laid out on the page
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