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Poetry Terms Quiz 73 (60 MCQs)

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1. Definition:the use of figurative language to paint a vivid picture
2. A group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces
3. What is the definition of caesura?
4. ..... is a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level.
5. A word that sounds like the sound it is describing
6. Author of, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
7. A figure of speech in which two things are compared without using like or as.
8. Words that echo their sound (sizzle, chitter, bang, buzz)
9. The use of words or phrases to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
10. Calls something to mind without directly mentioning it. Refers to another movie, person, event, literary work, etc.
11. "Knock, knock. Who's There" .....
12. The person who reads the poem.
13. The poet's attitude toward the subject
14. What type of poem has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern?
15. What poetic sound device is usedin this sentence? The garden hose was a long green serpentlying in loops on the lawn.
16. Elements that help you imagine how something tastes, looks, sounds, feels, or smells
17. In a poem, the lesson or statement the author is making is called the ..... (the main idea)
18. Place/places or the time where the story takes place, different from the place of the performance
19. A poem usually about love
20. A rarely used couplet with the first line in iambic hexameter and the second in iambic heptameter would be
21. Language that emphasizes sense impressions that help the reader ..... see, hear, feel, smell and taste things that are described in the work/poem. Words that create a mental picture.
22. What is the denotation of the word summer?
23. I wish I could just click my heels .....
24. What term refers to a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or the whole is used to represent a part?
25. Because the school year is flying by I am feeling exhausted.Add the comma.
26. Usually at the end of a line, has a pattern of rhyme. It can be AABBCA
27. Song or songlike poem that tells a story
28. ..... is a collection of words that express an emotion or idea.
29. A poem of mourning or praise for the dead
30. Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect is called-
31. The repetition of final consonant sounds
32. The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
33. A poetry paragraph
34. Poetry without a rhyme scheme
35. Describes non-human things as if they are human
36. What is songlike, tells a story, has rhythm and refrains
37. Using the same sound, word, phrase, or line over and over
38. A form of Japanese poetry in which 17 syllables are arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Often the theme of these poems revolves around nature and meditation.
39. Dialogue is .....
40. I'm dying to see that movie.
41. Words or phrases that sound like the things they refer to
42. Pick the Metaphor
43. Words that help you see.
44. Three dudes so cool working at school.
45. An over the top exaggeration
46. Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is .....
47. A comparison using like or as.For example:she was as quiet as a mouse.
48. Literal language is .....
49. The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
50. Four line poems that rhyme.
51. Which word means "literary elements or techniques a poet uses to reinforce ideas and overall meaning in a poem" ?
52. Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. (Think about how YOU feel as the reader/listener).
53. Pattern of end rhyme Ex. AA BB
54. What is a subject?
55. Telling people you are "between jobs" instead of "got fired"
56. The beat and movement of language (rise and fall, repetition and variation, change of pitch, mix of syllables, melody of words).
57. Poetry that appeals to the FIVE senses.
58. Which word means "the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language" ?
59. Three line poem that is organized by syllables
60. "Dewy dawns" is an example of
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