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Poetry Terms Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. An extreme exaggeration used to suggest strong emotion or create a comic effect.
2. The use of words with similar end sounds
3. A repeated line or group of lines.
4. What do we call long, lyric poems that were traditionally written to celebrate a famous person or a lofty idea?
5. The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.
6. A comparison that uses the words like or as
7. The use of words whose endings sound alike
8. Short verse intended to express the emotions of the author, sometimes set to music
9. A rhyme happens when .....
10. Epics typically involve gods and heroes.
11. An expression where the lteral meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression
12. Which of the following is the definition of a metaphor?
13. An expressive non-literal use of language
14. I am the sun I am the moon I am the light I am the dark is an example of
15. What is "a song like, narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain" ?
16. "The night of the LIVING DEAD" is an example of:
17. A warning or clue about what is going to happen
18. Words at the end of a line that rhyme.
19. What is a common saying that has a meaning other than what the words literally mean (like "It cost an arm and a leg!")
20. Repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words
21. Which type of poem tells a story?
22. Words in a poem that have the same beginning sounds
23. They decided fire works were suitable or ..... for the occasion.
24. Repetition of initial consonant sounds/first letter
25. The following poem has stanzas that can be referred to as ..... "I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the doorWhen it seemed as if I could bear no more."
26. A person who writes poetry.
27. An example of onomatopoeia is .....
28. Words are used in a way other than the actual meaning-the difference between appearance and reality
29. Word blending the sounds and meanings of two other words
30. The use of concrete objects to represent abstract ideas or qualities
31. Narrative poem that addresses an invisible recipient and teaches us more about the speaker.
32. The narrator is not a character in the story; he stands "outside" the story and is "all-knowing"; he knows what the characters are thinking and feeling The word is .....
33. Which is a good definition for the word convey?
34. A poem written in a specific shape
35. Poems are written in
36. The subject of the poem goes down the left hand side and all words going across start with that letter and relate to the subject
37. Japanese poetry that reflects on nature and feelings. Three lines:five syllables in line 1, seven syllables in line 2, and five syllables in line 3.
38. Saying "This is bad" vs. "This is a catastrophe!"
39. Lines of poetry are organized into units of meaning called:
40. An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
41. The message about life that the poem conveys
42. The use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a line, or a stanza-more than once
43. The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is called .....
44. Definition:the repetition of the same vowel sounds inside of words that are close together.
45. The repetition of similar vowel sounds
46. Giving human qualities and ideas to non human things (objects, animals).
47. Written words that express feelings and thoughts
48. A four-line stanza with any combination of rhymes
49. This is the writer's attitude toward his or her subject.
50. Rhythm is created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem.
51. What is the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader?
52. A group of lines in a poem.
53. The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. The word buzz is one example.
54. Human qualities given to an animal, object, or idea.
55. Song like poem that tells a story about romance or adventure.
56. The use of words that mimic a sound for the reader is called
57. Beginning consonant sounds are the same in words close together
58. Metaphors and similes are used to .....
59. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
60. In the 3 lines of a haiku, the syllables go 5-7-5.
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