Poetry Terms Quiz 250 (20 MCQs)

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1. A ..... is a short poem/stanza containing four lines while a ..... is a short poem/stanza containing five lines.
2. What is the definition of the term:Consonance?
3. Comparing unlike things without using comparative words
4. This is the number of beats per line.
5. Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:The Sun now rose upon the right; Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea.
6. Which example below is an example of a juxtaposition?
7. When rhyming words come at the end of lines. This is the most common type of poetic rhyme.
8. The author's message or insight about the topic
9. What is the author's attitude in a poem called?
10. Graphical elements do NOT include
11. Which term means a two line stanza?
12. Poems should create images in your mind that make you feel connected to the message.
13. Typically, an epic is a short poem.
14. A short, rhyming poem for young children, often telling a short story or describing an interesting character
15. A refrain is
16. Groups of lines that are set off visually from other lines in a poem, like a paragraph in literature.
17. Sonnet that has14 lines/ABABCDCDEFEFGG
18. ..... refers to the act of placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast something, or to create an interesting effect.
19. A poem that is as much a piece of visual art made with words as it is a work of poetry
20. The repetition of words, phrases, or sentence structures.