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Poetry Terms Quiz 52 (60 MCQs)

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1. A poetic beat using light and heavy stress patterns in words
2. Metaphor is .....
3. A poem that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called .....
4. Bang! Crash! Pow!
5. The use of contradictory terms found side by side to make a point is called a(n) .....
6. A repeating line or stanza in a poem or song
7. A regular pattern of rhythm is .....
8. Making a comparison by calling one thing something elseex. I am a bear early in the morning.
9. Identical or similar sounds at the end of lines
10. Words that are written in a way that looks slanted
11. Common phrase made up of words that can't be understood by their literal, or ordinary, meanings
12. Words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for readers
13. What is the definition of the term:Internal Rhyme?
14. A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called .....
15. This compares two apparently unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
16. Pattern of end rhymes, expressed using letters
17. A poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase
18. Figurative language that describes objects, actions, ideas that appeal to the senses
19. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "My grandfather is the funniest man in the whole world. He is so funny that when he tells jokes in public the whole town has to go to the hospital for side pains."
20. The pattern of rhymes in a poem. Indicated by a series of letters
21. The correspondence of sounds between words, typically at the end of lines in poetry
22. The process of creating line breaks to add shape and meaning in free verse poetry
23. A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
24. This is an example of:This my job, it is soda pressing.
25. The voice used by an author in a poem
26. A haiku is a traditionally Japanese form of poetry that is written in three lines and seventeen syllables.
27. A single line of poetry or poetry in general
28. "The brazen boy laughed defiantly at the corpse in the casket."
29. A pilot has a fear of heights
30. A concrete object with an abstract meaning
31. The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
32. What is a poem with a musical rhythm that often explores emotional topics like love and often uses first person?
33. The comparison or juxtaposition of things that are different
34. The shape or structure of a poem; the way a poem looks on the page
35. A poem that tells a story and has characters, setting, and a plot with conflict
36. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
37. A figure of speech in which two things are compared usually by saying one thing is another.
38. Which word means a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another thing?
39. How many stanzas does the poem below have. It came in a winter's night, a fierce cold with quite a bite.Frosted wind with all its mightsent ice and snow an inviteto layer earth in pure whiteand glisten with morning light.
40. An author's tone that inspires a comic atmosphere, can lead to a playful feeling in writing
41. Poetry written with a precise meter-almost always iambic pentameter-that does not rhyme
42. A 14 line poem, typically (but not exclusively) concerning the topic of love. They contain internal rhymes within their 14 lines; the exact rhyme scheme depends on the style
43. A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.
44. Unrhymed lines of ten syllables with the even-numbered syllables bearing the stress
45. Anapest or anapestic
46. One line of poetry is .....
47. A line of tetrameter contains this many feet:
48. Door, lore, s'more, bore, are examples of what?
49. "As she walked into the dark forest, she could hear the leaves crunching under her feet and smell the dark, damp dirt." (This writing has ..... in it that helps the reader visualize the scene.
50. This is another word for the fixed number of lines making up separate sections of a poem
51. The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant ie using blood for "life"
52. How many verses are in this poem?The animal I really digAbove all others is the pig.Pigs are noble, pigs are clever, Pigs are courteous, however,
53. This is a term for giving something else a meaning beyond what it usually holds
54. Move or change that is often indicated by the use of stanza shift or words such as but/however
55. What is a technique by which a writer deliberately suggest two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work.
56. The words or phrases that a poet wrote onto one line
57. Literary devices
58. A group of lines within a poem similar to a paragraph
59. 4 or more lines in a poem similar to a paragraph
60. I was supposed to be doing my homework, but I got off track when I saw my favorite show was on TV. What is the literary term?
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