Poetry Terms Quiz 272 (20 MCQs)

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1. A group of poetic lines; corresponds to paragraphs in prose
2. Similar ending sounds between two or more words:
3. Open form means:
4. What vocabulary word means:Strong desire to achieve something usually requiring determination
5. A form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines that talk about natural imagery
6. A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as"
7. Close and ghost are an example of:So if I can't get close to youI'll settle for the ghost of you
8. A comparison between two unlike things
9. What is the following sentence an example of ..... She was so pretty my eyes popped out!
10. When the poet compares two things using "like" or "as." "My love is as boundless as the sea ..... " (Romeo and Juliet)
11. A word that is the opposite of another word. An example:Happy = Sad
12. A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
13. Has 19 lines and 2 repeated refrains
14. Poets writing today ALWAYS write in free verse.
15. Giving human-like characteristics or human actions to objects, animals or ideas is called:
16. The person narrating the poem
17. It is the rhyming of words within one line of writing.
18. What is a verse?
19. When two or more words in the same line (or in close lines) that have similar consonant sounds (like game and gust)
20. Words with a similar ending sound are called .....