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Poetry Terms Quiz 51 (60 MCQs)

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1. When a poem rhymes and the rhyming is organized in patterns, this is known as .....
2. Which word matches the definition:the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
3. ..... is a type of rhyme occurs within lines of poetry.
4. Mina heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
5. An expression of exaggeration
6. The repetition of beginning sounds of words.
7. Refers to the language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning.
8. The car squeaked every time I hit a road bump. Which sense am I describing?
9. Fantastic Fried Foods at Fair It is no secret that fried foods are one of the greatest attractions at fairs and festivals. "It's amazing how truly delicious unhealthy foods can become when they are made even more unhealthy, " said an operator of one fried food stand. What type of figurative language is used?
10. Which one is a metaphor
11. A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together (example: "loving hate, " "brawling love")
12. Mood in poetry is .....
13. Gives human qualities to nonhuman subjects
14. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
15. What is the definition of an allusion?
16. Imitation of natural sounds of words, words you "hear"
17. A ..... is an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true.
18. Feeling a literary work creates in its reader
19. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words
20. Two syllables-1st one is soft, 2nd one is heavy
21. The author's attitude about their topic, characters or audience.
22. What does Free Verse mean?
23. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. An example:Buzz and Crack
24. The core unit of a poem
25. Type of poem that tells a story
26. The distinctive way that a poet uses language, including word choice, line length, figurative language, and imagery
27. Giving a non-living object human characteristics.
28. The repeating of final soundsex. East/Westlong/wrong
29. "A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself."
30. Rain pitter-patters, drip-drops, and rat-a-tats on the tin roof. Creeks babble and churn. Lakes ripple. Rivers rush. Oceans crash, roar, and thunder against the shore.
31. Repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
32. The words that are used to create a picture in your mind are called .....
33. A formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person
34. The voice that talks to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction.
35. The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem
36. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
37. The kind of poem that tells a story
38. A foot or beat of poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The most natural and common kind of meter in English; it elevates speech to poetry. For example:deLIGHT, the SUN, forLORN, one DAY, reLEASE.
39. A four-line stanza of poetry, often with various rhyme schemes
40. What is the term for repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word repeated through a series of words that are close to each other?
41. What is a limerick?
42. His sorrow goes/ Like mountain snows/ In waters sweet and clear
43. She hung her head like a dying flower.
44. Jumbo shrimp is an example of what?
45. What is comparing two things that are not the same as if they were the same called?
46. "The big, bad bear scared all the baby bunnies by the bushes" is an example of:
47. Assonance and consonance are concerned about letters within a word while alliteration is concerned about the letters at the start of a word.
48. A unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or phrase
49. Words that rhyme within one line of poetry.
50. A simile can be defined as .....
51. The "beat" of a poem
52. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
53. Crime, Rhyme, Time, Lime, Climb
54. Simile or Metaphor? That girl is as tough as nails.
55. Well, good for you, you look happy and healthyNot me, if you ever cared to askis an example of .....
56. The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem.
57. The last six lines of poetry in a sonnet where the conclusion of the problem is "solved."
58. Basic pattern/concept common to people of different times/ cultures ex) creation story or characters ex) hero, evil king
59. Which line from the poem presents a problem that the speaker cannot control?
60. Zig-zagging down the roadTrying not to stray over the center lineOr hit a curbOr break an axleOr flatten a tireOr wind up in the next surprise sinkhole.Driving in Toledo is not a sportFor the timid or the sane or the under-insured." This is an example of
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