Poetry Terms Quiz 189 (20 MCQs)

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1. Line ends with some mark of punctuation; we pause at the end of the line
2. True or False:Imagery is the use of a word or phrase, such as "hiss" or "buzz" that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
3. Bob is brave like a lion
4. A genre of literature that expresses ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative, musical words
5. A group of words in a poem, rather than sentences
6. A group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme .....
7. It was July, and the sun toasted the emerald grass until it smelled of warmth and green and life. It was July, and my heart soaked up the air warmth until it sang of joy and love and life. How many lines in the poem above?
8. What is an Anaphora?
9. This is a poem without regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.
10. Which type of poetry is typically a lament for the dead?
11. A person, place, object, or action that stands for something BEYOND itself.
12. You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.
13. The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity
14. A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit.
15. Repeating of consonant sounds at the end of consecutive words or phrases
16. A reference to a different literary or political work.
17. Define rhythm
18. The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, assigning a letter of the alphabet to each line starting with "a" is called:
19. I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
20. What is a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?