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Poetry Terms Quiz 53 (60 MCQs)

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1. ..... is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words such as cat and hat.
2. A lyric poem celebrating a person, important event, or idea.
3. Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images
4. In the cartoon on page 552 of the text, the main character is an expert in something. What?
5. Which type of figurative language uses like or as to make a comparison?
6. 14 line poetry with rhythm and regular rhyme scheme
7. A formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea
8. I ate so much I may explode
9. Feelings or emotions that are evoked in the reader through words and descriptions.
10. Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch are called .....
11. Rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry rather than at the end of lines
12. A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another using like or as.
13. What is repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables?
14. When words mimic the SOUNDS they represent. Ex:BOOM, POW, SNAP
15. A pattern of end rhyme in a poem/story
16. A group of 2 or more lines that form a unit in a poem.
17. Birmingham Alabama gets its name from Birmingham England.Please add commas.
18. Rows of words in poetry
19. My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of .....
20. A humorous poem.....
21. What type of rhyme is the following example?"The splendor falls on castle walls"
22. Words that create images that appeal to the senses are known as:
23. Grammar rules seem to be the Achilles heel of many 8th grade students.
24. The feeling created by the passage.
25. The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language:She is such an angel!
26. The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem; the number of syllables per line
27. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'The mountain stood tall and proud'?
28. What type of poem has three lines and a 5/7/5 meter?
29. What is the term for the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' in a poem?
30. Free verse poetry does not have.....
31. What does "hyperbole" mean?
32. The message or moral of the story
33. "Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as" ' is a definition of:
34. They students were asked to identify the similarities and differences or ..... the two books.
35. Which of the following includes an example of hyperbole?
36. The meaning of the poem for the reader to figure out.
37. What kind of poem (or sentence) might be written on a person's headstone which marks their grave?
38. A comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as.
39. A stanza with 4 lines
40. Two lines which form their own stanza and rhyme:
41. Why does the author of a poem structure the text in a certain way?
42. A comparison of unlike things
43. Way of speaking to a native speaker, not meaning what you literally say
44. An example of what literary term is in lines 3-4?A short while later, through the wood, Came striding brave Miss Riding Hood, The wolf stood there, his eyes ablaze, And yellowish, like mayonnaise.
45. This has two rhyming lines; however, the first line is longer than the second line. The first line has 5 stressed syllables and the second line has 2
46. Using objects to represent ABSTRACT qualities or themes
47. A unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats.
48. A silly poem with a sing-song rhythm and this rhyme scheme:AABBA.
49. A person who reads the poem out loud
50. What is the definition of Literal Language?
51. A kind of verse that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend, often has a repeated refrain and is about love, MOST often adapted for singing
52. A set pattern of rhyme is called (ababcdcd) etc
53. An example of the term "alliteration" is .....
54. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, or work of art.
55. Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet
56. A comparison of two things that have something in common and directly states one thing is something else.
57. Dictionary definition
58. When the truth is exaggerated to add humor or emphasis
59. A set of two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme
60. A pattern of rhyming words inside the same line
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