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Poetry Terms Quiz 82 (60 MCQs)

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1. Life is a dream.
2. A line or group of lines set apart structurally from other lines in a poem
3. A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back.
4. The narrator's attitude toward the subject of the poem.
5. Words whose final syllables have the exact same sound
6. The "sentences" in a poem.
7. Placing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense.
8. The feeling an author creates in the story (how the author wants the reader to feel).
9. A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT include words "like" or "as" .
10. A blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem.
11. Hark, hark!Bow-wow.The watch-dogs bark!Bow-wow.Hark, hark! I hearThe strain of strutting chanticleerCry, 'cock-a-diddle-dow!'
12. Hyme that happens on a stressed syllable at the end of the line (more common) I try to rhymeall the time
13. A group of lines; similar to a PARAGRAPH in prose
14. Recurring theme, pattern, or idea throughout a long poem or series of poems
15. This compares two apparently inline things without the use of a connecting word.
16. One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern.
17. Poems that use the physical form and layout of the poem to help the reader understand the subject are (a)
18. What is this an example of? I love hearing the waves crash and feeling the soft sand at the beach.
19. (Similar to the repeated sounds in a song)
20. "Buzz-says the great buzzing bee."
21. Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words
22. Which of these words is an "adjective?"
23. Excessive pride and arrogance
24. Literature that is not poetry; ex:most essays, short stories, novels, and plays
25. Addressing someone absent or dead or nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and could reply.
26. "She smells as sweet as a rose" is an example of
27. Which term means:a short poem of songlike quality
28. The rising and falling of the voice when reading a poem
29. You should ALWAYS pause at the end of every line in a poem
30. A line break is the closing on one line and the start of another.
31. An expression in which the meaning cannot be taken as literally true
32. Repetition of beginning consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words
33. Is like a poem's paragraph; it is a group of verses bound together to form one section of a poem
34. Use of words, places, characters, or objects to mean something beyond the literal
35. A genre of literature that uses the way words look and sound (also known as rhythm) to transmit meaning to the reader.
36. The "ideas, thoughts, connections, associations "implied by the words in a poem are called:
37. Comparing two unlike things using "is" or "was"
38. A haiku has..... lines.
39. What is the structure/shape of a poem called?
40. A short poem of three lines (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) that is usually about nature .....
41. A type of refrain device, where the first word or phrase is repeated in a series of linesDid he smile his work to see?Did he who make the Lamb make thee?
42. A four-line poem or stanza
43. My father is like a hurricane, destroying all in his path.
44. Choose the clue words that indicate problem and solution.
45. The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
46. Describe one thing as if it were something else
47. "If you think you can do it, you can do it." is an example of
48. The voice behind a poem
49. What is a concrete poem?
50. What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words?
51. The following is an example of which poetic device? "Three grey geese in a green field grazing, Grey were the geese and green was the grazing"
52. Using word to paint a picture using your 5 senses.
53. The repeated use of words or phrases in order to emphasize a point is called .....
54. To walk heavily or slowly
55. Langston Hughes wrote, "Hold fast to dreams, For when dreams go, Life is a barren field, Frozen with snow" This stanza is an example of .....
56. Call it a day, Hit the sack are examples of .....
57. Common in poetry, which of the following is a figurative device that compares two things with "like" or "as" ?
58. Franklin's heart is gold
59. Dispelled, that glass obscured or broken This line contains the following:
60. A poem with a shape that creates a picture.
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