Poetry Terms Quiz 136 (20 MCQs)

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1. The rhythmic structure of the poem ..... the way it sounds when read aloud.
2. A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repetitive.
3. The determination of a formal rhyming pattern using letters
4. Using language that creates a picture in the reader's minds (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures) is called:
5. Giving human qualities to non-human items
6. What figurative language is an obvious exaggerated statement?
7. A reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature often without explicit identification
8. The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
9. The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
10. A restatement of an idea in such a way as to retain the meaning while changing the diction and form. Often an amplification of the original phrase/idea for the purpose of clarity.
11. The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence-more than once (think of the chorus of a song)
12. Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
13. A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas ans usually having a refrain.
14. Has the following elements:Paragraphs, setting and characters.
15. Use of any element of language more than once, used for musical effects and for emphasis
16. "The loud brown cow" is an example of .....
17. Voice that talks to the reader
18. A poem whose words are arranged in the shape of the subject of the poem
19. What is "a fixed pattern of accented and unaccounted syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm" ?
20. Comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"