Poetry Terms Quiz 152 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the difference between DENOTATION and CONNOTATION?
2. Universal idea of a work of literature; the meaning behind the obvious
3. Giving human-like characteristics to a non-human thing.
4. Language not meant to be taken literally
5. "Paula Prue, I'm mad at you" The above verse contains ..... rhyme.
6. A poem expressing grief over someone who has died is a .....
7. Which word is defined as "a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)" ?
8. A stanza in poetry is .....
9. The way the speaker sounds
10. What is the tempo of a poem?
11. A four-line stanza of poetry
12. Introductory section in a literary work
13. The emphasis placed on syllables. Some parts of the word are stressed more than others.
14. The repetition of a consonant or vowel sound, a tongue twister
15. A Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
16. Which technique is illustrated in this poem:Horses are beautiful, fast, and colorfulThey gallop ..... clop, clop, And their tails flyWith the beat of the wind. (Cori Knight, age 10)
17. A non-dramatic poem that tells a story
18. Stanza of 5 lines with a 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllable pattern
19. What are the Structural Elements of Poetry?
20. The matching of final vowel/consonant sounds in two or more words