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Poetry Terms Quiz 63 (60 MCQs)

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1. The exact meaning of what is said
2. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem.
3. Expresses writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized terms.
4. This is a transition in a story to a time in the past
5. Statistically, which grade or class has the best chance to be Tip-off Queen?
6. ..... uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
7. The intentional use of the same word or phrase two or more times. Draws the reader's attention to that particular word or phrase.
8. A famous poet who didn't use punctuation marks and often didn't capitalize letters.
9. What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?
10. What poetic device is used in 'The crazy lady is very lazy.'?
11. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
12. The fountain tossed its water, / Up and up
13. What figurative language is used in this sentence? "Theteenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off thesmoke detectors"
14. Pleasing sound caused by the repetition of similar consonant sounds within groups of words or a literary work
15. A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter.
16. Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry.
17. A poem that focuses on a specific time of day is a(n)
18. A poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyming and rhythm pattern is called a .....
19. A phrase or line of poetry that is repeated throughout a poem to create a special effect
20. What figure of speech is employed in the following line? " ..... cold, collecting, calculating, crowd ..... "
21. A saying or phrase whose meaning is different from the individual words that make it up. Example:Those hats are a dime a dozen.
22. A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea if given human qualities or characteristics
23. "She's as sharp as a tack!"
24. Which term refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that create rhythm in a poem?
25. The best definition for Alliteration is .....
26. What does speaker refer to in poetry?
27. A long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person or a group of persons
28. A single row of words in a poem
29. Literature written in a style pattern that resembles everyday language; sentences, paragraphs, etc.
30. Several words beginning with the same sound.
31. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
32. Which of the following terms is defined as:the arrangement of words in poetry based on rhythm, accents, and the number of syllables in a line
33. Which of the following words does not match the rhythm of the the other three?
34. A speech made of a character thinking out-loud and not to anyone.
35. Contradictory terms brought together to express a paradox for strong effect.Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!Dove-feathered raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!(William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)
36. A traditional poem has
37. Which poetry term is being used in this example?I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow.
38. The wind screamed in the storm
39. A pause within a line of poetry, often indicated by a double vertical line (||)
40. The systemic structure built to keep me in place is the stage I dance on.
41. Is a phrase which brings together two contradictory terms or ideas.Example:a wise fool, the loud silence, loving hate, waking sleep
42. A comparison between two things that does not use the words "like" or "as" . The comparison is IMPLIED.
43. I am first with fiveThen seven in the middle ..... Five again to end.
44. When a writer describes an object as if it were a person
45. A person who writes poems
46. Which word means "the narrative voice in a poem that speaks of his or her situation or feelings" ?
47. What doesn't have rhyme, but uses iambic pentameter
48. All the world's a stage(William Shakespeare, As You Like It) Death is the broomI take in my handsTo sweep the world clean.(Langston Hughes, "War" )
49. A unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats. It is also called a foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables in it, usually two or three syllables.
50. The feeling that a poem creates in the reader.
51. A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.
52. The sound of poetry; how it is supposed to be said.
53. Regular pattern of rhyme, normally charted with letters of the alphabet
54. Long poem written in stanzas of varying length, meter, and form; usually serious, but can be lighthearted
55. A Haiku has five of these and a Sonnet has 14. What are they?
56. Which of the following is a euphemism for LYING
57. Verse meaning is.....
58. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses self contradictory terms back to back.
59. A quatrain consists of .....
60. (Similar to the chorus in a song)
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