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Poetry Terms Quiz 61 (60 MCQs)

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1. When words mean exactly what they say
2. An open form of poetry which does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
3. Who or what the poem is about.
4. Poetry that has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called .....
5. Which type of writing is written in stanzas?
6. Match the word to the definition:the repetition of sounds especially at the ends of words
7. A lyric poem of fourteen lines commonly written in iambic pentameter.
8. The attitude that the AUTHOR has towards a subject is
9. The use of a word, phrase, or line more than once.
10. What is the voice of who's telling the poem like the narrator in a story?
11. When two (or more) words make the same sound at the end of the word.
12. An elegy is a poem of ..... reflection, typically for the dead.
13. ..... is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases several times to make an idea clearer and more emphatic.
14. Language that appeals to the five senses-sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch; sensory detail
15. The author's right to break the rules of proper writing in order to achieve an effect or get a point across.
16. When referring to writing choices made in the poem, you refer to the
17. What word is defined as "a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them" ?
18. What is the attitude of the author toward the audience, the characters, the subject, or the work itself?
19. Poem that forms the shape of a diamond
20. ..... is when words have the same ending sounds.
21. A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form-usually lines and stanzas.
22. He's as strong as an ox
23. A poem, discourse, or utterance of a character in a drama that has the form of a monologue or gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections
24. The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning; opposite of connotation.
25. A frog sat on a log in the bog.
26. Annotation helps you to interact with the text for better reading comprehension.
27. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:personification
28. ..... poems do not have to rhyme.
29. The angle from which a writer tells a story or poem.
30. The thick bricks stick quick
31. Refers to word choice
32. Simile and metaphor function the same way but are slightly different.
33. The atmosphere or emotion of the poem is called
34. What term refers to a type of poetry that originated in Japan and consists of three lines with a syllable count of 5-7-5?
35. Repetition of soundSally sells seashells by the seashore.
36. In "The Raven, " the bird says again and again, "Nevermore." What is this an example of?
37. One repeating line in a poem
38. Two contradictory words for effect, such as "jumbo shrimp" and "deafening silence."
39. Repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word:(Sally sells sea shells, Arnold asks about Adam)
40. A song or songlike poem that tells a story, usually about lost love or betrayal or death. Ballads can be sad or humorous and usually use a great deal of repetition and simple language
41. In the Bible, Daniel accurately translates mysterious writing that appears on a wall, and in doing so, he predicts the death of a king. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? Investors should have seen the writing on the wall.
42. Poems can be written in many different forms!
43. What is the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe?
44. Which of the following is the definition of a simile?
45. How a poem or text appears to be organized on paper; its shape
46. Groups of lines, similar to paragraphs
47. Directions:Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. Paul Laurence Dunbar- "We Wear the Mask" We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, ..... This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with countless subtleties.Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, whileWe wear the mask.We smile, but, O great Christ, our criesTo thee from tortured souls arise.We sing, but oh the ground is vileBeneath our feet, and long the mile;But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask! #5 What is the mood/ tone of this poem?
48. A short humorous poem. It is five lines long with a specific rhyme scheme.
49. Rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry
50. The arrangement of words and phrases to create sentences in a language.
51. An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called .....
52. Words that sound like what they mean.
53. This is a type of poetry which does not rhyme, but contains meter.
54. Choose the metaphor
55. A ..... is a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
56. All the emotions and feelings associated with a word
57. There is only one example of imagery; the rest are examples of figurative language. Choose the imagery example.
58. The use of ordinary language is called
59. The way a poet/speaker feels about the topic of the poem
60. The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, poem, or other literary work. It's the lesson or moral of the story.
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