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Poetry Terms Quiz 75 (60 MCQs)

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1. ..... is when an author repeats a word, phrase, or sentence to help create rhythm, or get across an idea, or even to maintain a certain pattern.
2. The person from whose point of view the poem is told
3. A group of lines in a poem; kind of like a paragraph
4. How the author makes the reader feel while reading a poem
5. A spondee follows which of the following patterns of stress?
6. Which term means the repetition of sounds at the end of words?
7. Which term below refers to the feelings and associations created by a word?
8. Ordinary form of spoken or written language without metrical structure (stories, articles, novels)
9. The sound of the language. Saying something in a way so as to make the poem more effective and to make more impact.
10. A stanza that has three lines.
11. Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.
12. An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt
13. A group of lines that make up a paragraph in a poem.
14. The voice that narrates the poem
15. 14 line poems in which each line is 10 syllables with a paricular rhyme scheme
16. Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman objects.
17. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? The sweet, juicy strawberries reminded me of my childhood.
18. A word's "dictionary definition" rather than its associated emotion or definition.
19. Which word has a neutral connotation?
20. An exaggerated statement
21. A group of lines in a poem or song that constitutes a division (like a paragraph)
22. Repetitions of consonant sounds anywhere in the word.
23. An exaggeration. A statement that something has either much more or much less of a quality than it truly has.
24. Read the following text:"The smell of the pine trees deep in the fall forest were likean earthy perfume that you could not imagine! The trickling stream, the smell of fall, and the sounds of a million yellow leaves falling gently on the windmade such a lovely afternoon."What poetic device (element of poetry) is this?
25. A comparison without using like or as
26. What type of end rhyme do we see in Mos Def's "Respiration?"We New York, the narcotic/Strength in metal and fiber optics/Where mercenaries is paid to trade hot stock tips/
27. The repetition of sounds, particularly at the beginning of the words in a row
28. A sonnet is a lyric poem that follows strict rules of structure, meter, and rhyme and is known for having how many lines?
29. Words that end with similar vowell and consonant sounds. "time" and "sublime."
30. A type or form in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme, line length, and metrical pattern
31. This device is the use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of each word
32. The pattern of beats in a line of poetry is .....
33. Two ticklish turtles took twenty tomatoes today.
34. Which word means a poem used to show the differences between two opposites and uses a specific pattern?
35. A four line poem that can have a variety of rhyme schemes.
36. A Japanese poem written in three lines with 5, 7, 5 syllables is called a .....
37. The process of determining the metrical rhythm in poetry
38. Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
39. A group of lines or paragraphs that make up a poem-
40. Poetry written in highly musical language that expresses the thoughts, observations, and feelings of a single speaker
41. "Andy always eats apples and asparagus" is an example of which type of sound device?
42. The speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/herperspective (uses "I" ).
43. A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines. (AABA)
44. Japanese 3 line poems; follows syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5; about nature
45. "Each lock lifting me higher, like a 747, ZOOM ZOOM"
46. Which of the following is a simile?
47. How many foster kittens does Ms. Cattell have right now?
48. "two" successive rhyming lines.
49. Already brushing off the dustis an example of .....
50. What are groups of lines in a poem called?
51. Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word. When the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of ONLY one character.
52. The voice of the story or the narrorator
53. What type of figurative language in this stanza? "Hear the loud alarum bells-Brazen Bells!What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!"- "The Bells, " Edgar Allan Poe
54. ..... sonnet is rhymed abba, abba, cde, cde
55. There was a young lady of Nice, Who insisted on bathing in grease.She slid through the houseTormenting her spouseTil he hid in the oven for peace.This is an example of-
56. Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
57. Bitter or cutting speech, said with the intention to hurt someone's feelings
58. Based on photos submitted on picture day, there are ..... students in the freshman class.
59. A break or punctuation used to emphasize meaning. Usually this is the period or comma at the end of a line
60. The person who is understood to be speaking (or thinking or writing) a particular work.
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