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Poetry Terms Quiz 89 (60 MCQs)

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1. What's the meaning of this metaphor? "After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."
2. When two words end in the same sound, this is known as what?
3. Language that represents one thing it terms of another
4. Emily Dickinson was a recluse.
5. The use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning
6. The gut feeling you get when you hear a word
7. "This man, this barking dog, this gulled fool" ~~ MEDEA
8. The pattern created by placing rhyming words in specific places
9. A person, place, or object that stands for a larger idea
10. A set or group of lines in a poem
11. Poetry free from consistency in rhyme, meter, or line length
12. Rhymes at the ends of lines
13. The comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using the words "like" or "as"
14. "I have a ton of chores to do" is an example of a
15. What is descriptive language that appeals to the five senses?
16. The author's attitude toward the subject matter
17. A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, composed of three quatrains and a couplet rhyming ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
18. Draws the reader into poetic experiences by touching on the images and senses which the reader already knows
19. 'The story jumped off the page." "The light danced on the surface of the water."
20. A figure of speech where one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another, without using "like" or "as" .
21. What is the definition of repetition in poetry?
22. A stanza or poem that has 4 lines involves different rhyme schemes.
23. Bzzz, Pop, Crash, Bang, Pow, are examples of .....
24. 2 or more lines of poetry that form one of the divisions of a poem, usually the same length & following the same pattern of matter & rhyme
25. Groups of lines in a poem that are usually similar in length and rhythm and are separated into sections.
26. Something that has meaning in itself and also stands for something else
27. ..... is bitter or cutting speech, said with the intention to hurt someone's feelings.
28. The wind whistled.
29. Repetition of similar ending sounds, usually rhyme occurs in specific patterns at the ends of lines, however, this sound device can also occur within a line of poetry.
30. Poetry is arranged in lines called
31. Ring! Ring! is an example of .....
32. What term means words that are what they sound like? Ex. Zap! Buzz!
33. A song or songlike poem that tells a story and usually has a regular, steady rhythm, simple rhyme pattern and a refrain
34. The message or main idea relevant to the real world that the author wants the reader to take away.
35. The 1988 Tip-off queen will be crowning this year's young lady Friday at the ceremony.
36. Using a word, phrase, or clause more than once is called
37. The rhyming pattern that is created at the end of lines of poetry
38. The occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words
39. How many lines does a haiku have?
40. ..... is when the audience or reader knows something that a character does not. In poetry, this is rare and complicated.
41. Any image or thing that stands for something else
42. The poet is the author and the speaker is the:
43. A description that activates any of the senses
44. What is free verse poetry?
45. What is a group of lines in poetry separated by spaces?
46. The reader can assume that the speaker of a poem is the poet.
47. Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. QUESTION:What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
48. "So I am proud only of those days that we pass in undivided tenderness ..... " is an example of:
49. Stanza with 6 lines
50. Create the poems shape. Includes line length, capital letters, stanza length.
51. End rhyme is .....
52. The making of pictures with words; language that appeals to the senses
53. Writing that expresses a feeling, idea, or story, by use of figurative language and sound devices
54. What are sensory details?
55. A line of poetry containing two metric feet
56. "There was an old man from Peru 2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe. 3.He awoke in a fright 4.In the middle of the night 5.And found it was perfectly true."
57. A comparison between two unlike ideas using like or as.
58. A poem that is Free Verse .....
59. ..... is the voice in the poem that talks to the reader.
60. The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences
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