Poetry Terms Quiz 155 (20 MCQs)

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1. "It's a million degrees in here" is an example of .....
2. This is the author's attitude and how he feels towards the subject
3. A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to emphasize its significance.
4. Poetry's version of a paragraph is called a/an
5. What is the below example known as "I saw the man walking fora long time and he didn't stopfor many years."
6. What is the comparison of two things using the words 'like' or 'as' called?
7. The rhyming of two words at the end of two lines in a poem
8. A group of lines in a poem, usually consisting of four or more lines.
9. Define a sonnet and its structure.
10. This type of poetry consists of two rhyming lines together. It can be one pair of lines, or a longer poem made of many rhyming pairs.
11. What is the definition of meter?
12. What is the correct term for the following definition? The repetition of initial consonant sounds:Feramisco's funny family photos.
13. Which type of poem originated in Japan?
14. My house is a friend who protects me. The moon played hide and seek with the clouds. The approaching car's headlights winked at me are examples of .....
15. Reflects upon a single sentiment, with a clarification or "turn" of thought in its concluding lines.
16. What term refers to a type of metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable?
17. The idea or feeling that people associate with a word; a word's secondary meaning.
18. Relates a story in verse or a poem that tells a story The word is .....
19. A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as (x=y) is called
20. What is a line in a poem?