Poetry Terms Quiz 169 (20 MCQs)

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1. The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language:She is such an angel!
2. The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem; the number of syllables per line
3. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'The mountain stood tall and proud'?
4. What type of poem has three lines and a 5/7/5 meter?
5. What is the term for the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' in a poem?
6. Free verse poetry does not have.....
7. What does "hyperbole" mean?
8. The message or moral of the story
9. "Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as" ' is a definition of:
10. They students were asked to identify the similarities and differences or ..... the two books.
11. Which of the following includes an example of hyperbole?
12. The meaning of the poem for the reader to figure out.
13. What kind of poem (or sentence) might be written on a person's headstone which marks their grave?
14. A comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as.
15. A stanza with 4 lines
16. Two lines which form their own stanza and rhyme:
17. Why does the author of a poem structure the text in a certain way?
18. A comparison of unlike things
19. Way of speaking to a native speaker, not meaning what you literally say
20. An example of what literary term is in lines 3-4?A short while later, through the wood, Came striding brave Miss Riding Hood, The wolf stood there, his eyes ablaze, And yellowish, like mayonnaise.