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Poetry Terms Quiz 78 (60 MCQs)

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1. The repeating of a word, sounds, or phrases to add rhythm or to focus on an idea
2. Poem that is a story, with conflict, setting etc. Generally longer than the lyric styles of poetry because the poet needs to establish characters and a plot is a .....
3. ..... is not the main idea of the text, but the author's intent for writing the piece
4. Figurative language is used only in poetry
5. Both boys and girls basketball teams open the season against the same opponent. Who?
6. Bed Bugs Bite Businessmen The threat of bed bugs is now seen as one of the biggest hazards to business travel as the unwelcome pests have become a growing problem for the hotels of major cities. "I miss the old days when it was just the rats and cockroaches that we had to worry about, " one longtime life insurance salesman said wistfully. What type of figurative language is used?
7. The repetition of usually unstressed similar endings in proximal words, as in the phrase "rising with the dawning morning" is known as
8. A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem
9. Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
10. What poem uses figurative language in a particularly structured way to express an idea?
11. "It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of what type of figurative language?
12. Imagery is language that creates a picture.
13. The main message of a poem is:
14. Poems that don't rhyme or have a rhythm (beat) to it.
15. What technique shows the repetition of the same sound?
16. A poem about loss or death.
17. Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party. What are the words in blue an example of?
18. What is is a verse, a line or a group of lines that repeats at regular intervals?
19. Slows the reader and brings attention to individual words and phrases
20. What words do you look at to find out the rhyme scheme?
21. What kind of poem is the following example from Crossover? "Hustle digGrind pushRun fastChange pivotChase pullAim shootWork smartLive smarterPlay hard Practice harder."
22. Rhymes that appear within lines
23. The arrangement of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a passage. This includes word order, length, and structure of sentences
24. A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them without using the words "like" or "as" to compare the two objects.
25. What is a MAIN difference between poetry and prose?
26. A major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons
27. A saying that has been proven true over time
28. The pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem/song/piece of work that is represented by letters of the alphabet (ex:ABAB CDCD EE) is the poem's
29. Is this sentence a symbol or imagery?The putrid rise of garbage stench filled the air?
30. A ..... is a short poem/stanza containing four lines while a ..... is a short poem/stanza containing five lines.
31. What is the definition of the term:Consonance?
32. This is the number of beats per line.
33. Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:The Sun now rose upon the right; Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea.
34. What is the author's attitude in a poem called?
35. Graphical elements do NOT include
36. Which term means a two line stanza?
37. Poems should create images in your mind that make you feel connected to the message.
38. Typically, an epic is a short poem.
39. A short, rhyming poem for young children, often telling a short story or describing an interesting character
40. Groups of lines that are set off visually from other lines in a poem, like a paragraph in literature.
41. Sonnet that has14 lines/ABABCDCDEFEFGG
42. ..... refers to the act of placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast something, or to create an interesting effect.
43. A poem that is as much a piece of visual art made with words as it is a work of poetry
44. The repetition of words, phrases, or sentence structures.
45. Define internal rhyme.
46. What is an onomatopoeia and which contains correct examples?
47. A word that imitates a sound; when you say the word, it sounds like what the word means
48. An Idiom is special phrases
49. A long poem written about a famous person or event.
50. A similarity between words in spelling but not in pronunciation
51. What is this is an example of:The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
52. ..... is writing that appeals to sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
53. "Getting cold feet" is an example of what type of figurative language?
54. Lyric poem usually marked by serious and respectful feelings toward an object or person
55. ..... is a kind of figurative language in which an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities or described as if it is human.
56. What is another word for Theme?
57. Stylistic device that repeats a consonant sound in a series of multiple words
58. ..... is to relax, enjoying pleasant warmth.
59. The young boy's head was bursting with good ideas!
60. Villanelles have a set structure.
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