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Poetry Terms Quiz 76 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which two types of figurative langauge is represented in line 4 of the poem?How much will you pay for an extra dayThe clockman asked the child.Not one penny. the answer cameFor my days are as many as smiles.
2. Literal meaning of a word
3. The repetition of the BEGINNING sound.
4. "Enthusiastic, gloomy, optimistic, cheerful, sarcastic, humorous, indignant, illuminating, admiring" are all examples of:
5. A prose poem is distinguished by what structural quality?
6. A close repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllables
7. Which of the following compares two things using like or as?
8. The theme of "Harlem" by Langston Hughes is
9. The voice in the poem
10. Words within the same line of poetry rhyme.
11. What is a poem written in a beat that uses 10 syllables in each line that are alrenately stressed?
12. What is a sentence that continues over several lines of poetry?
13. Written in sentences and paragraphs, just like fiction or nonfiction. While prose poems don't have line breaks, you can still see their poetic quality through techniques like repetition, figurative language and imagery
14. What is a group of words in a row; may be based on meter or rhyme?
15. The narrator is a character in the literary work and refers to themselves using "I" or "me." Since the narrator participates directly in the action, their point of view is limited. The word is .....
16. When a human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to a non-human object or being
17. An instruction written into the script of a play, indicating actions, movements of performers, or production requirements
18. "Why are math books sad? Because they have so many problems." is an example of:
19. A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a completely new hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
20. Is a word that imitates a sound, like "clang" or "sizzle."
21. Figures of speech or vivid descriptions used to produce mental images by appealing to the five senses
22. What type of poem must have exactly 4 lines?
23. Which term is this the definition for:Repetition is an important poetic technique. It is when writers reuse words, phrases, images, or structures multiple times within a poem.
24. Which is an example of a hyperbole?
25. Poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker
26. Words that sound like what they are meant to representEx:Moo, Buzz, Bang
27. The vantage point from which a story/poem is told.
28. Figurative Language:Choose the simile.
29. Sound words:words, when pronounced, imitate the sound being made
30. Several verses or lines of a poem that are grouped together to describe an image, idea, or event
31. What is the definition of a line?
32. What is the definition of the term:Diction?
33. What is NOT an example of a symbol:
34. Using an object or a word to represent an abstractEx:a heart = love
35. A word's dictionary definition.
36. Any grouping of words in a poem or an entire poem
37. A longer speech given by a single character.
38. Using a situation, description, or quotethat draws another text to mindwithout actually naming the textin order draw a comparison and add meaningis called
39. ..... is the representation through language of sense experience. It occurs when the words of a poem relate to one of the five senses or a sense of feeling.
40. Definition:Poetry that has no regular rhythm or meter
41. Writing with language chosen & arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm is
42. Lines are grouped together into
43. What is the musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
44. Simile or Metaphor:My father is a bear in the morning.
45. The quality of being pleasing to the ear though a harmonious combination of words
46. Free verse in poetry is.....
47. How many syllables in the first and last lines of a haiku?
48. A humorous play on words
49. A group of words that are arranged in a row (like a sentence)
50. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmth and green and life.Q. It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmth until it sang of joyand love and life.How many LINES in the poem above?
51. Which Disney Princess lost her shoe after the ball?
52. How many stanzas are in a villanelle?
53. What is the narrator of a poem called?
54. Fire Snaps, Crackles & Pops Doug Allen's family groaned when he made a corny joke during a marshmallow roast on Saturday night. "This fire sounds like my cereal, " Mr. Allen offered. After no one showed any curiosity, Mr. Allen finished the joke by noting that the fire snapped, crackled, and popped. To make things even worse, Mr. Allen asked his family if they got the joke when the punch line failed to produce a laugh. What type of figurative language is used?
55. This is an example of:The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the pop corn was popping.
56. When reading a poem you should take a breath at the end of each line
57. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry.
58. Which couplet shows an AABB pattern
59. When most words in a phrase have the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of the word
60. What is the correct spelling of the word that means descriptions that appeal to the five senses.
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