Poetry Terms Quiz 205 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the term for the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem?
2. A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as" is called
3. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? As the storm blew in, the trees danced in the wind.
4. Language that suggests how someone or something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes; helps create a mental picture in your mind as your read
5. Definition:words or the use of words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing ex) "boom" or "splash"
6. A three line Japanese form that describes something in nature
7. A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
8. What word means a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
9. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as" is
10. One who writes poetry
11. Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
12. A very old form of poetry which originated in Japan is called a ..... The poem is only three lines long and it does not rhyme. The syllables are in a pattern of 5-7-5 for each line.
13. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The use of words that imitate sound?
14. Pattern of end rhymes in a poem or stanza
15. A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.
16. All the meanings, associations or emotions that are attached to a word
17. Which term means using a part to refer to the whole or using the material to refer to the object?
18. The beat or flow of a poem
19. Nonsense words; specifically used for an occupation
20. A stanza made up of four lines is a .....