Poetry Terms Quiz 100 (20 MCQs)

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1. A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter
2. Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words
3. Poetic devices like hyperbole, symbolism, metaphor, and personification all fall into the category of .....
4. A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse.
5. A type of poem in which the first letters of each line form a word.
6. A writer of verse is often called a
7. Villanelle
8. A trochee follows which pattern of stress?
9. Repetition within consonants at the end of words
10. Read between the lines. Think beyond the text. What is the hidden meaning?
11. A particular method of using sounds in language (alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification etc.)
12. What does "metaphor" mean?
13. A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
14. A sound device in which a word makes the sound
15. What is this an example of? Break a leg.
16. A repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines is .....
17. BAM! The door shut behind me.
18. A poem's form is its
19. ..... is the repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a poem.
20. The moonlight danced over the still water on the lake.