Poetry Terms Quiz 101 (20 MCQs)

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1. The children's feet squished in the mud.
2. A comparison between two unlike things thing in which one thing is spoken of as if it is was another
3. Crash, pow, click
4. Arrangement of words in a poetic line or sentence
5. Which type of poetry tells a story?
6. Comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
7. The technique of showing that words, phrases, and clauses are comparable in context and importance by placing them side by side and making them similar in form.
8. Words that represent sounds.
9. The repetition of words or ideas for emphasis
10. Comparing 2 things using is, are, was, or were
11. A comparison using the words like or as
12. The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet that sets up the problem of the topic
13. A patterned use of rhyme, specifically at the end of lines is known as what?
14. What does the word "meter" mean in poetry?
15. Chunks of lines in a poem
16. An idea or feeling that is associated with a word, in addition to its primary meaning
17. Poetry uses ..... devices like rhythm and rhyme.
18. "It's raining cats and dogs"
19. A way of indirectly referring to an idea
20. Simile, Metaphor, Personification are all types of