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Poetry Terms Quiz 81 (60 MCQs)

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1. A "fixed" saying that has a certain meaning, unrelated to the actual image brought to mind by the phrase
2. A mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
3. The interplay of words that usually sounds similar; a play on words
4. What is:a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word?
5. A group of lines in a poem separated by a blank line space
6. 3 stanzas of 4 lines have an abab/cdcd/efef followed by a 2-line stanza
7. Two or more lines that group together.
8. The repetition of beginning sounds in one or two lines of poetry
9. Who is the author of a poem?
10. A recurring similarity of sounds between words.
11. Group of words, and is an alternative to a sentence. It's included in the stanza
12. What is the name for an expression of ideas or feelings in words, usually having a form, rhythm, or rhyme?
13. Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!
14. A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
15. A poem that forms a shape or object
16. What type of figurative language is the following? "You may shoot me with your words."
17. "Hope is the thing with feathers"
18. Comparing two things that are not alike in order to create a better picture for the reader (without using like or as)
19. In this type of rhyme, two words are close, but do not rhyme exactly.
20. Which of the following is a play on words?
21. The basic rhythmic structure of a line of poetry-the number of syllables and the pattern of emphasis
22. A pair of rhyming lines.
23. A figurative comparison that would not be literally applicable
24. A type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create effects
25. A word that imitates the sound it represents, like buzz or thud.
26. A comparison between two unlike things that uses a word of comparison such as like, as, or resembles
27. Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid
28. Marking the meter by scanning the lines to find the rhythm
29. A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis
30. ..... is an extreme exaggeration.
31. Which type of "silly" poem has five lines, typically starts with "there once was a ..... ", and was made famous by Edward Lear?
32. The repetition of the same consonant sounds among words (not limited to initial sounds)
33. A story with 2 or more levels of meaning.
34. "John's words were shards of glass when he spoke such hateful things" is an example of
35. Pleasant, harmonious sounds (m, n, l, r, f, v, s, w) in words
36. After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.
37. The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables.
38. What is the definition of the term:Metaphor?
39. Visual Structure
40. A figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.
41. Simile or Metaphor? I was sick of all the sorrow that flooded the city like foul weeds.
42. Which word refers to a group of lines togther in a poem?
43. Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
44. The repetition of vowel-sounds.
45. Used to intentionally make a situation seem less important that it really is
46. The voice behind the poem; the character or narrator saying the poem
47. Which type of Imagery are words that help you hear?
48. Lines and words that are musically pleasant to the ear and smooth.
49. A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work.
50. The pattern of end rhyme (notated with lowercase letters, each different letter representing a different rhyme)
51. An example of the term "tone" is .....
52. The feelings and emotions associated with a word.
53. Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point
54. A group of lines that form a verse (like a paragraph)
55. Happens within linesex. and trails and snails
56. A group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings
57. A sonnet consisting of 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter
58. Repeated vowel sounds in a line (or lines) of a poem; often creates near rhyme; this is known as .....
59. Two ..... lines that rhyme are called a couplet.
60. A 7 line poem in the shape of a diamond, follows a pattern, does not rhyme
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