Poetry Terms Quiz 209 (20 MCQs)

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1. Her mind is like a dictionary is an example of a ..... ?
2. Repeating sounds, vowels OR consonants, that are in the BEGINNING of neighboring words.Example:Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper
3. A metaphor carried throughout the text
4. Pattern of rhymes found at the end of each line of poetry
5. Definition:a poem that is written in the physical shape of the subject.
6. Poems that have a pattern of the same sounds at the end of each line (such as ABAB CDCD) have a .....
7. A short but definite pause within a line of poetry. It is used to create or build tension or suspense
8. The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.
9. The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life
10. The following is an example of what? I wandered lonely as a cloud.
11. Exclaiming "Oh great!" after failing an exam
12. Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
13. Language used for descriptive effect (Not literally true, but expresses figurative meaning)
14. Anapestic meter
15. ....., or the broad term of something being simply "ironic, " refers to a discrepancy between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or expected.
16. What is the definition of assonance?
17. A word that makes its sound
18. What type of figurative language repeats the same sound in multiple words in a line?
19. The way in which the words and lines are arranged on the page.
20. These are rhyming words that fall at the end of two or more lines