Poetry Terms Quiz 237 (20 MCQs)

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1. An expression that has been overused and has lost its original meaning "Time heals all wounds"
2. Triple meter
3. A group of lines in a poem. Like a paragraph in a story
4. The use of language to create beautiful or forceful pictures in the reader's mind.
5. A rhyme in which two words are alike in some sounds, but do not exactly rhyme
6. A comparison of two things where one things is said to BE the other
7. The use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning, such as emotional associations, is .....
8. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the word like or as.
9. Which word is defined as "the actual meaning of a word or phrase" ?
10. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
11. What term refers to a type of rhyme in which the words have the same spelling but different sounds and meanings?
12. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words near each other.
13. The narrative voice in a poem (such as a sonnet or lyric) which tells of their feelings, experiences, or situation.
14. What is the definition of the term:Alliteration?
15. Using a concrete object or phrase to represent a different abstract idea is called .....
16. Does this sentence show personification? The party died soon after we left.
17. The feeling of a reader when reading a text
18. A humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme. Most have three strong stresses in lines 1, 2, and 5 and two strong stresses in lines 3 and 4.
19. Several lines grouped together in a poem
20. Do you like blue?