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Poetry Terms Quiz 57 (60 MCQs)

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1. Denotation is a word's .....
2. ..... is the use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a line or a stanza-more than once.
3. What is "a comparison using like or as" ?
4. My brain is an artifact that has never been found
5. Repetition of the ending vowel sounds in words
6. Groupof consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit.
7. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence? The fire licked the house and smoke ran towards the sky.
8. Writer's attitude toward the audience or subject, implied or related directly
9. A paragraph in a poem, separated by blank space.
10. What do we use to measure a poem's rhythm?
11. Writing that uses hyperbole, personification, similes, or metaphors to enhance or clarify meaning
12. A septet consists of .....
13. A ten-line poem that focuses on one topic, usually to give praise
14. Comparison between two things that use helping verbs "like" "as" "than" or "resembles"
15. Repetition of vowel sounds without repetition of consonant sounds
16. What has 5 lines, definite syllable patterns and is amusing
17. A ..... compares two unlike things, using the word like or as.
18. A poem written in iambic pentameter with no rhyme scheme.
19. An association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry
20. What is a meataphor?
21. Arrangement of rhyming lines to create a pattern
22. The beat created by the words in lines of poetry
23. What do we call something that has meaning in itself and also stands for something else?
24. True or False:Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.
25. "Nature's first green is gold" is an example of .....
26. Which type of poetry has a pattern of AABBA?
27. What is the writer's attitude about the subject called?
28. She is an angel.
29. Recurring pattern based on the length of line and number of stresses within the line
30. Which term is this the definition for:A formal division of lines in a poem that are considered as a unit and often function like a paragraph.
31. What is the purpose of rhyme in poetry?
32. Which of the following terms refers to the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem?
33. Choose the correct type offigurative language for theexample.Yura told me a joke that made me die from laughter!
34. Using descriptive words or phrases that capture the reader's senses and paint a picture inside the reader's mind.
35. The vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage deemed appropriate to verse as well as the deviations allowable for effect within it.
36. Read the following line: "The sticky chocolate covered my chin." To which of our five senses does this mostly appeal?
37. A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetry.
38. Gives human qualities or abilities to nonhuman things
39. Which is an example of imagery?
40. ..... is a similarity between words in spelling but, not in pronunciation.
41. Which form of figurative language compares one thing to another without using like or as?
42. Writing in paragraph form, using everyday language without stanzas, is known as ....., whereas writing with poetic elements and structure is considered .....
43. A poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes
44. Which poetic term is defined as "the repetition of initial consonant sounds" ?
45. In my poem, "His red sports car is just a dream" and "It needs no gas, it runs on steam" would be an example of a .....
46. Two lines of rhymed poetry with the same meter that are next to each other within a larger poem
47. Which of the following is defined as-as the use of words with sounds that imitate or suggest their meaning?
48. When two words in the same line rhyme
49. A four line stanza is called a
50. Repeating identical consonant sounds
51. "How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breath / To say to me that thou are out of breath?" This is an example of ..... or unrhymed iambic pentameter.
52. What are the structural elements of a poem?
53. What is the speaker?
54. A rhyming poem of 14 lines is called .....
55. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? We can't find the cat, We don't know where she's at, Oh, where did she go? Does anyone know? Let's ask this walking hat.
56. Which best describes a rhyme scheme?
57. Language that appeals to the senses (smell, sight, taste, touch, sound) is called .....
58. Which term means an extreme exaggeration?
59. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Creates the flow of the poem:fast, choppy or smooth.
60. The structure of a poem; how it is built
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