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Poetry Terms Quiz 50 (60 MCQs)

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1. What type of poem has exactly 14 lines with a very specific rhyme scheme, rhythm, and structure?
2. Repetition of similar vowel sounds in poetry
3. Writing in an alphabetic script, in which the first letter in each line of text spells out another message
4. A comparison between two things using the words like or as.
5. How does the poet convey the horrors of war?
6. The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words in one line of poetry.
7. Poems are organized by-
8. "sentences" in poetry
9. The overall moral or lesson of a poem
10. A line of metrical writing
11. Figurative Language refers to the literal meaning of a sentence/phrase
12. Using the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually "see" the pattern of a poem is called .....
13. What is the definition of the term:Sonnet?
14. Is poetry without rhyme.
15. ..... refers to literature that ridicules human folly or vice in order to bring about some kind of reform.
16. The name of funny or silly poems is...../The name of funny or silly poems is.....
17. In the following poem "The Dirtiest Man in the World, " which kind of figurative language is present?"The Dirtiest Man in the World"Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest man, I never have taken a shower.I can't see my shirt ..... it's so covered with dirt, And my ears have enough to grow flowers.
18. Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.
19. A common ending sound in the line of a poem.
20. I have a million homework assignments to complete, but I don't want to even start!
21. Stretching the truth to make a point
22. A short poem of songlike quality especially one that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker
23. The person that wrote the poem
24. Putting a picture in a reader's head is .....
25. What is the name of a stanza with 4 lines?
26. A reference to a famous work, person or event
27. A five-line, humorous poetic form originating in Ireland, written in anapest meter with an A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme.
28. Repitition of consonant sounds
29. A poetic technique/tool a poet uses to create a certain effect
30. Giving human attributes to nonhuman things
31. "The dew softly kissed the grass" is an example of .....
32. Rhyme that occurs in a single line
33. This is determined by the rhyme sound at the end of a line. Each sound is marked with a letter starting with a. Aabba
34. A line or phrase that is repeated at intervals throughout a poem is known as .....
35. A foot of stressed and unstressed syllables
36. Imagery uses the ..... senses to describe something.
37. "Be kind to others" is an example of
38. The repetition in words of identical or similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.
39. A direct comparison of two unlike things
40. Refers to the feelings and ideas a word evokes.
41. This rhyme ends in words with both the same vowel and the same consonant sound. (sun and run)
42. Language that communicates ideas beyond their literal meaning
43. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." Ex:Love is a battlefield
44. Novels like Harry Potter and Wonder are written in.....
45. Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
46. A contradiction that can be true and untrue at the same time.
47. A phrase which has a meaning that is commonly understood by speakers of the language, but whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words. An example:it's a piece of cake
48. Rhythm & Meter is best defined as.....
49. Giving inanimate object characteristics of life.
50. "the wind whispered a midnight message to me" is an example of:
51. A big exaggeration used to make a point
52. It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
53. Repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in words close together
54. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables that create a rhythm or flow to the poem
55. Stanza with 4 lines
56. What is a refrain in a poem?
57. A group of lines separated from other groups of lines by white space.
58. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.
59. The presentation of an idea, person, or an event to make it seem less than it is-for example, describing a huge loss as a "minor setback"
60. Words that sound like their meanings.
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