Poetry Terms Quiz 204 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the attitude of the author toward a subject or an audience?
2. An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect
3. A pattern of lines in a poem that are separated from other groups of lines is called a .....
4. The writer's attitude towards his or her subject.
5. Lines 1 & 4 rhyme, and lines 2 & 3 rhyme
6. A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
7. The beat of a poem or song, created by stressed and unstressed syllables
8. What is the correct term for the following definition? Compares unlikely things to help readers see them in a new way/carries a metaphor through the entire poem or, at least, a long part of it.
9. Which of the following contains a PUN?
10. Is a form of narrative verse that can be either poetic or musical. It typically follows a pattern of rhymed quatrains
11. Two words that rhyme at the end of lines
12. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem below? The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day.
13. When whole words or phrases repeate
14. What is the definition of paradox?
15. Two opposites are used to create an effect Usually an adjective/verb "Organized chaos" "Jumbo Shrimp"
16. A pair of rhymed lines
17. Lines grouped together in poetry
18. The way the reader feels while reading a poem
19. The point where a line of poetry ends. Poets use these strategically to put emphasis on certain words.
20. Two lines that come right after one another that have the same end rhyme different from the rest of the poem.