Poetry Terms Quiz 240 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which word means a poem used to show the differences between two opposites and uses a specific pattern?
2. The attitude of the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character:serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.
3. A four line poem that can have a variety of rhyme schemes.
4. A Japanese poem written in three lines with 5, 7, 5 syllables is called a .....
5. The process of determining the metrical rhythm in poetry
6. Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
7. A group of lines or paragraphs that make up a poem-
8. Poetry written in highly musical language that expresses the thoughts, observations, and feelings of a single speaker
9. "Andy always eats apples and asparagus" is an example of which type of sound device?
10. The speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/herperspective (uses "I" ).
11. Humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scene.
12. A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines. (AABA)
13. Japanese 3 line poems; follows syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5; about nature
14. "Each lock lifting me higher, like a 747, ZOOM ZOOM"
15. Which of the following is a simile?
16. How many foster kittens does Ms. Cattell have right now?
17. "two" successive rhyming lines.
18. A beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables in words
19. Already brushing off the dustis an example of .....
20. Pastoral