Poetry Terms Quiz 268 (20 MCQs)

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1. Nomenclature is
2. Which sentence shows an example of personification?
3. Poems made up of loose groupings of words and phrases are called
4. Is a pattern of rhyme. Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually "see" the pattern
5. When a poetic line moves to the next poetic line without a syntactic break, i.e., without an end-stop.
6. A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.
7. A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
8. Which of the following refers to the literal meaning of a word?
9. A unified group of lines in poetry that is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
10. A comparison of two objects using like or as
11. The overall pattern a poem follows to make a particular type of peom
12. How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?
13. What does "alliteration" mean?
14. Definition:exaggeration or overstatement, not meant to be taken literally.
15. One line of poetry
16. A poem that contains 10 syllables. 5 iambic feet
17. Poetry NOT written in regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter. The author is free to write lines of any length or with in number of stresses, or beats.
18. What is the correct spelling of the word that means the writer gives human qualities to a non human subject.
19. Words at the end of separate lines rhyme.
20. A group of lines in a poem or song (a paragraph)