Poetry Terms Quiz 162 (20 MCQs)

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1. Gives human qualities to nonhuman subjects
2. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
3. What is the definition of an allusion?
4. Imitation of natural sounds of words, words you "hear"
5. A ..... is an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true.
6. Feeling a literary work creates in its reader
7. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words
8. Two syllables-1st one is soft, 2nd one is heavy
9. The author's attitude about their topic, characters or audience.
10. What does Free Verse mean?
11. The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. An example:Buzz and Crack
12. The core unit of a poem
13. Type of poem that tells a story
14. The distinctive way that a poet uses language, including word choice, line length, figurative language, and imagery
15. Giving a non-living object human characteristics.
16. The repeating of final soundsex. East/Westlong/wrong
17. "A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself."
18. Rain pitter-patters, drip-drops, and rat-a-tats on the tin roof. Creeks babble and churn. Lakes ripple. Rivers rush. Oceans crash, roar, and thunder against the shore.
19. Repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence.
20. The words that are used to create a picture in your mind are called .....