Poetry Terms Quiz 194 (20 MCQs)

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1. The author's right to break the rules of proper writing in order to achieve an effect or get a point across.
2. When referring to writing choices made in the poem, you refer to the
3. What word is defined as "a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them" ?
4. What is the attitude of the author toward the audience, the characters, the subject, or the work itself?
5. Poem that forms the shape of a diamond
6. ..... is when words have the same ending sounds.
7. A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form-usually lines and stanzas.
8. He's as strong as an ox
9. A poem, discourse, or utterance of a character in a drama that has the form of a monologue or gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections
10. The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning; opposite of connotation.
11. A frog sat on a log in the bog.
12. Annotation helps you to interact with the text for better reading comprehension.
13. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:personification
14. ..... poems do not have to rhyme.
15. The angle from which a writer tells a story or poem.
16. The thick bricks stick quick
17. Refers to word choice
18. Simile and metaphor function the same way but are slightly different.
19. The atmosphere or emotion of the poem is called
20. What term refers to a type of poetry that originated in Japan and consists of three lines with a syllable count of 5-7-5?