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Poetry Terms Quiz 47 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is "poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyme scheme" ?
2. "The early bird gets the worm" is an example of .....
3. A couplet is best defined as .....
4. A three-line Japanese poem that follows this syllable pattern:5, 7, 5
5. In poetry, authors tend to use ..... to appeal to the senses of the audience. Choose the best answer.
6. Poetic persona; speaker of poem's unique way of saying things
7. ..... is a description of an object, animal, place, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities.
8. True or False:Litotes is an extreme understatement
9. A speech given by a single character in a story.
10. The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity
11. Select the onomatopoeia below?
12. "The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
13. A reference to a famous person, place, or thing
14. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmthand green and life. It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmthuntil it sang of joyand love and life. How many stanzas in the poem above?
15. What is this an example of? deer, sheer, peer, we're
16. Comparison of two things using like or as
17. Unique point of view or attitude towards a subject
18. Exaggeration (ex:I am so hungry I could eat a horse.)
19. Repetition of beginning sounds in two or more words in a line or stanza.
20. The comparison of two things in which one is said to be another is called .....
21. A pattern of strong beats in speech or writing, especially in poetry
22. A resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants
23. What is a prose poem?
24. What is a refrain
25. Language that appeals to one or more of your senses ..... sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch is
26. The universal message of the poem.
27. One unit of meter.There are five basic types of ..... :iambic, anapestic, trochaic, dactylic, spondaic.
28. The repetition of beginning sounds, usually consonants, in neighboring words
29. The place where a line ends in a poem is called .....
30. "The sound of her voice was sweet" is an example of:
31. The layers of meaning that a word has, or the emotional associations or implications of a word.
32. Slight or inaccurate repetition of sounds (vowel sounds in words DO NOT exactly rhyme)
33. Words that end in the same sound
34. The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"
35. "Sally sold seashells down by the seashore" is an example of:
36. A single metrical line of poetry, or a name for poetry in general (as opposed to prose)
37. A narrative poem-usually containing much repetition and often repeated refrain-often tell a single dramatic episode
38. An ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or verse
39. The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings (buzz, clank, hiss)
40. Word and rhythm choices that affect how a poem sounds
41. The length of a line is referred to as ..... and has to do with repeated sequence of meter and accented or unaccented syllables.
42. Which of the following IS a characteristic of a lyric poem?
43. The author's use of vivid and descriptive details that appeal to the human senses
44. A unit of poetry such as a stanza or line.
45. How the reader feels while reading the piece of writing
46. What do we call the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together?
47. What is a group of lines called that form a verse?
48. I caught a fish the size of a mini van!
49. What is the feeling of a poem as created by the author's point of view?
50. A poem that is about only one specific thing that the author thinks is truly amazing and praiseworthy This type of poem can be centered upon an object, an idea, or even a person
51. Central message the poet gives the reader
52. A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
53. "I wonder why I always want water on Wednesdays." is an example of
54. What do you call the author of the poem?
55. When the poet describes one object or idea by comparing it to another object or idea. "Life is a highway."
56. Exaggerations, can be funny at times
57. A line of poetry having ten syllables (five feet) in iambic meter. (Much of Shakespeare's poetry is written in this).
58. "Chocolate is chocolatey" is a metaphor
59. A line of poetry containing four metrical feet
60. What is the difference between DENOTATION and CONNOTATION?
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