Poetry Terms Quiz 129 (20 MCQs)

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1. Can be complete or incomplete; alternative to a sentence
2. Words that make a sound is called:
3. Words arranged in short lines, usually with carefully chosen words that often rhyme
4. The way the poet feels about the subject in the poem is called the
5. A ..... is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line
6. Comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.
7. The repetition of end sounds in a word.
8. Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
9. Does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllablesDoes NOT have a rhymeVery conversational-sounds like someone talking with you
10. A metaphor that directly states that one thing IS another is called a(n) .....
11. What is an exaggeration is called?
12. What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.
13. Uncertainty, vagueness
14. What is the purpose of using hyperbole in poetry?
15. Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sounds followed by identical consonant sounds
16. Two consecutive lines in verse with end rhymes
17. An indirect reference to an outside literary work, public figure, event or story is called:
18. Rhyme scheme that repeats with three lines; AAA BBB
19. A figure of speech that compares two unlike objects and uses the words "like" or "as."
20. Usually one row of text in the poem that does NOT always end with a period