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Poetry Terms Quiz 9 (60 MCQs)

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1. An expression that should not be taken literally
2. This poem is characterized by a list of items
3. The specific, literal image, idea, concept, or object that a word or phrase refers to
4. Which sentence is ambiguous?
5. The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
6. A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter.
7. The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together is called .....
8. The single, unbroken sound of a spoken or written word
9. (He is a shining star)
10. What is literal language?
11. Lines in a poem that the poet has chosen to group together, usually separated from other lines by a space.
12. Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects
13. An extreme exaggeration that is not to be taken literally
14. A stanza with two lines
15. What is the definition of quatrain?
16. "paragraphs" in poetry; a collection of lines
17. An art concerned almost exclusively with live performances in which the action is primarily planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama
18. Define METAPHOR-
19. Danny's room is a pig-sty.
20. A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is similar to another is called?For example, "Life is like a box of chocolates"
21. When the first sound of a word is repeated in one line of a poem
22. What type of figurative language is this statement:This bag weighs a ton.
23. A recognizable pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress
24. A repetition of the same/similar sounds at the ends of lines are .....
25. Sounds for a soft, smooth, pleasant effect
26. The poem is about a chicken who doesn't want to hatch
27. The pattern of rhyme in a poem
28. Simile or Metaphor? He spit out his teeth like stones.
29. Which of these is not an example of figurative language?
30. Repetition of a vowel sound at the beginning of words used closely to one another
31. "The snow was a white blanket over the yard" is an example of what?
32. Connotation is .....
33. The distinctive way the words are arranged on the page
34. A basic unit of a line of poetry, usually comprised of two syllables, is called this:
35. A metaphor that last more than a few lines and keeps being expanded on.
36. "One of the fish took fire / and burned in the basket with a high flame" ~~ as the fish represents the princess in MEDEA
37. Repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END of at least two words in a line of poetry.
38. This type of narrative poetry was originally meant to be sung or recited.
39. Combination of two poems with alternating lines, usually involving a comparison or conversation
40. Couplet-two lines; triplet-three line; quatrain-four lines; cinquain-five lines
41. Combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox (example:the word "bittersweet")
42. The bank was overflowing with precious wildlife, a golden sun shadowed to the horizon. The water glistened as pelicans drank.
43. Use of words whose sounds echo their meanings
44. An extreme exaggeration
45. Which of these is the correct definition of ambiguity?
46. Which word means:'To compare a non human object to an action that humans can do?'
47. A verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of lines
48. The voice that "talks" to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction. The speaker is not necessarily the poet.
49. A dentist with a bunch of cavities
50. What is a free verse poem?
51. This is the "beat" of the poem.
52. Giving non-human objects human qualities
53. Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme
54. "Caiden was as cool as a cucumber when he had to take his poetry test." is an example of a .....
55. You are as slow as a sloth
56. This is a reference to a well-known person, place, event or literary work.
57. The pattern of end rhymes is called .....
58. Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
59. This term refers to the literal or dictionary definition of a word.
60. A repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme throughout a poem
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