Poetry Terms Quiz 191 (20 MCQs)

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1. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
2. Expresses the writer's feelings and attitude about the subject
3. Poetry that lacks structure. It does not have a regular rhyme, rhythm, or stanza patterns
4. Several words in a row that all start with the same sound.
5. Assonance is the repetition of ..... sounds in line of poetry.
6. Which is an example of consonance?
7. What do you call the appearance of the words on the page?
8. Rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced (through/rough)
9. Words that imitate sounds.Example:Beep!
10. The rhyme scheme for the villanelle is ABC/ABC/ABC/ABC/ABC/ABBC
11. A 14-line poem, with one of a few rhyme schemes and in iambic pentameter
12. Contains a list of ideas, things, people, and places
13. The central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, narrative, or poem.
14. Humorous, rhyming, five line poem
15. What is theme in poetry?
16. ..... is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as" .
17. Words that do not mean exactly what they say
18. The poet's subjective views and attitude towards the reader and the subject.
19. Gives human traits and feelings to things that are not human-like animals or objects
20. "At midnight in the museum hall/ The fossils gathered for a ball"