Poetry Terms Quiz 182 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of poetry has a pattern of AABBA?
2. What is the writer's attitude about the subject called?
3. She is an angel.
4. Recurring pattern based on the length of line and number of stresses within the line
5. Which term is this the definition for:A formal division of lines in a poem that are considered as a unit and often function like a paragraph.
6. What is the purpose of rhyme in poetry?
7. Which of the following terms refers to the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem?
8. Choose the correct type offigurative language for theexample.Yura told me a joke that made me die from laughter!
9. Using descriptive words or phrases that capture the reader's senses and paint a picture inside the reader's mind.
10. The vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage deemed appropriate to verse as well as the deviations allowable for effect within it.
11. Read the following line: "The sticky chocolate covered my chin." To which of our five senses does this mostly appeal?
12. A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetry.
13. Gives human qualities or abilities to nonhuman things
14. ..... is a similarity between words in spelling but, not in pronunciation.
15. Which form of figurative language compares one thing to another without using like or as?
16. Writing in paragraph form, using everyday language without stanzas, is known as ....., whereas writing with poetic elements and structure is considered .....
17. A poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes
18. Which poetic term is defined as "the repetition of initial consonant sounds" ?
19. In my poem, "His red sports car is just a dream" and "It needs no gas, it runs on steam" would be an example of a .....
20. Two lines of rhymed poetry with the same meter that are next to each other within a larger poem