Poetry Terms Quiz 160 (20 MCQs)

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1. A foot of stressed and unstressed syllables
2. Imagery uses the ..... senses to describe something.
3. "Be kind to others" is an example of
4. The repetition in words of identical or similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.
5. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.)
6. A direct comparison of two unlike things
7. Refers to the feelings and ideas a word evokes.
8. This rhyme ends in words with both the same vowel and the same consonant sound. (sun and run)
9. Language that communicates ideas beyond their literal meaning
10. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." Ex:Love is a battlefield
11. Novels like Harry Potter and Wonder are written in.....
12. Rhetorical
13. Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
14. A contradiction that can be true and untrue at the same time.
15. A phrase which has a meaning that is commonly understood by speakers of the language, but whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words. An example:it's a piece of cake
16. Rhythm & Meter is best defined as.....
17. Giving inanimate object characteristics of life.
18. "the wind whispered a midnight message to me" is an example of:
19. A big exaggeration used to make a point
20. It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.