Poetry Terms Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is meter?
2. A four-line stanza
3. Word choice
4. A poem that is meant to honor something of value to the writer ..... to give praise to it ..... we call it .....
5. These lines use which technique?You're as cuddly as a cactusYour as charming as an eel
6. Assigning human qualities to non-human things
7. Rhythm is the repeating patterns of sounds
8. To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.
9. Repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry.
10. Today more people are connected tothe internet than ever before, not only athome, but also on mobile devices such assmartphones and tablets. Many of these peoplenow get their news from the internet rather thanreading newspapers. As a consequence, manynewspapers have gone out of business.
11. A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. These poems create a single, unified impression. It may resemble a song in form or style.
12. What does: "Her hair danced in the wind while she skipped through the golden meadow" mean?
13. What is rhyme scheme?
14. Two or more lines that end with rhyming words
15. After they read the book they were told to paraphrase or ..... the whole book.
16. What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem called?
17. The following is an example of which poetic device? "Gen'rals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses"
18. A rhymed pair of lines in a poem.
19. Madam, level, rotor, and taco cat are examples of what poetic device?
20. An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER