Poetry Terms Quiz 232 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech in which two things are compared without using like or as.
2. Words that echo their sound (sizzle, chitter, bang, buzz)
3. The use of words or phrases to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
4. Calls something to mind without directly mentioning it. Refers to another movie, person, event, literary work, etc.
5. "Knock, knock. Who's There" .....
6. The person who reads the poem.
7. The poet's attitude toward the subject
8. What type of poem has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern?
9. What poetic sound device is usedin this sentence? The garden hose was a long green serpentlying in loops on the lawn.
10. Elements that help you imagine how something tastes, looks, sounds, feels, or smells
11. In a poem, the lesson or statement the author is making is called the ..... (the main idea)
12. Place/places or the time where the story takes place, different from the place of the performance
13. A poem usually about love
14. A rarely used couplet with the first line in iambic hexameter and the second in iambic heptameter would be
15. Language that emphasizes sense impressions that help the reader ..... see, hear, feel, smell and taste things that are described in the work/poem. Words that create a mental picture.
16. What is the denotation of the word summer?
17. I wish I could just click my heels .....
18. What term refers to a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or the whole is used to represent a part?
19. Because the school year is flying by I am feeling exhausted.Add the comma.
20. Usually at the end of a line, has a pattern of rhyme. It can be AABBCA