Poetry Terms Quiz 153 (20 MCQs)

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1. Repetition of vowel sounds in a poem to create internal rhyme is
2. The right of the poet to go against standard grammar rules and conventions
3. Pictures that are created with words
4. The pattern of repeated rhyming words in a poem
5. Speaker reveals his inner thoughts or feelings to a silent listener or the audience
6. What is a unit of lines in a poem?
7. What is the flow or the beat in a poem called?
8. Lines are grouped in
9. Exaggeration for a particular effect/ making something seem more important than it really is
10. What is the mood of a story or poem?
11. A ..... is a comparison of unrelated things that does NOT use like or as.
12. Crash! Crunch! Grunt! yelped my dog as he jumped on the table and fell. This is an example of .....
13. The fact of two things be put closeTogether for contrastingeffect
14. Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.
15. Also known as imperfect or "close enough" rhyme; the words share either the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH (ex:ROSE, LOSE)
16. The feeling or atmosphere created by the writer.
17. A metrical foot consisting of of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
18. Unrhymed form of poetry often used in very long poems
19. What figurative language device is used inthis sentence? Looking at my report card was asshocking as grabbing hold of an electric fence.
20. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines