Poetry Terms Quiz 130 (20 MCQs)

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1. *is a 19-line poem consisting of five tercets and one quatrain. It is best recognized by its rhyming refrains repeated throughout the poem.
2. Comparing two things not using like or as
3. The way the words look on the page
4. Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line
5. A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a line of space
6. A witty, humorous, or nonsense poem with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA)
7. The dog ran into the bogand sat on a log. The log was too weakand dumped the dog in the creek. This is an example of which TWO terms:
8. Concrete items that represents something else
9. The way the READER feels from the AUTHORS word choices
10. "The thirsty grass drank in the rain"is an example of
11. A poem that does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or rhythm
12. What is the name for a sound device in which words, sounds, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point?
13. What word explains when objects or animals take on human traits?
14. Repetition occurs when .....
15. The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter.
16. A message about life or human nature that a writer shares with the reader
17. A group of lines arranged together
18. Beats in a line of poetry(ba BUM ba BUM ba BUM)
19. Using a word, phrase, or line multiple times
20. Read the following line and determine which term(s) is used as symbolism:Malcolm says, "It would be smart to offer someone poor and innocent like me as a sacrificial lamb to satisfy an angry god like Macbeth."