Poetry Terms Quiz 149 (20 MCQs)

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1. A three-line Japanese poem that follows this syllable pattern:5, 7, 5
2. In poetry, authors tend to use ..... to appeal to the senses of the audience. Choose the best answer.
3. Poetic persona; speaker of poem's unique way of saying things
4. ..... is a description of an object, animal, place, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities.
5. True or False:Litotes is an extreme understatement
6. A speech given by a single character in a story.
7. The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity
8. Select the onomatopoeia below?
9. What is the definition of a symbolism?
10. "The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
11. A reference to a famous person, place, or thing
12. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmthand green and life. It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmthuntil it sang of joyand love and life. How many stanzas in the poem above?
13. What is this an example of? deer, sheer, peer, we're
14. Comparison of two things using like or as
15. Literal
16. Unique point of view or attitude towards a subject
17. Exaggeration (ex:I am so hungry I could eat a horse.)
18. Repetition of beginning sounds in two or more words in a line or stanza.
19. The comparison of two things in which one is said to be another is called .....
20. A pattern of strong beats in speech or writing, especially in poetry