Poetry Terms Quiz 150 (20 MCQs)

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1. A resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or between their consonants
2. What is a prose poem?
3. What is a refrain
4. Language that appeals to one or more of your senses ..... sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch is
5. The universal message of the poem.
6. One unit of meter.There are five basic types of ..... :iambic, anapestic, trochaic, dactylic, spondaic.
7. The repetition of beginning sounds, usually consonants, in neighboring words
8. The place where a line ends in a poem is called .....
9. "The sound of her voice was sweet" is an example of:
10. The layers of meaning that a word has, or the emotional associations or implications of a word.
11. Slight or inaccurate repetition of sounds (vowel sounds in words DO NOT exactly rhyme)
12. Words that end in the same sound
13. The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"
14. "Sally sold seashells down by the seashore" is an example of:
15. A single metrical line of poetry, or a name for poetry in general (as opposed to prose)
16. A narrative poem-usually containing much repetition and often repeated refrain-often tell a single dramatic episode
17. An ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or verse
18. The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings (buzz, clank, hiss)
19. Which is an example of assonance?
20. Word and rhythm choices that affect how a poem sounds