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Poetry Terms Quiz 112 (20 MCQs)

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1. Quatrains are typically what mood?
2. A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music.
3. A comparison of unlike things without using "like" or "as"
4. Communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words to compare things, emphasize ideas, or give emotional effect.
5. "He was a Romeo with the ladies." is an example of .....
6. Giving human traits to non-living things.
7. "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. / What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right. / For we that live to please, must please to live. / Don't live to eat; eat to live. / What you see is not always what you get; what you get is not always what you see. / To the world, you may be someone; but to someone, you may be the world. / When the power of love overcomes the love of power" are examples of .....
8. The assignment of stress to an unstressed syllable, usually as a result of patterns of rhythm and rhyme, is known as
9. A name for a line of poetry written in meter ..... is named according to the number of feet per line. There are eight types:monometer (1 ft), dimeter (2 ft), trimeter (3 ft), tetrameter (4 ft), pentameter (5 ft), etc.
10. A line or verse (or group of lines) that is repeated at intervals throughout a poem
11. Words that have similar ending sounds to create rhythm in poetry.
12. A comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as
13. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
14. Which of the following contains a metaphor?
15. A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
16. What figurative language device is usedin this sentence? It is so hot you could fry an eggon the sidewalk.
17. A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem; similar to a paragraph.
18. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects is
19. Lines that are grouped together and look like a paragraph that may be separated by a skipped line
20. Where should I eat lunch today?
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