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Poetry Terms Quiz 273 (20 MCQs)

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1. The musical quality created by unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry
2. Going beyond the literal meaning of words in order to achieve an effect by using metaphor, smile, irony, personification, etc
3. Poems that break the rules and do not contain regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme.
4. Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words that DO NOT RHYME.
5. This type of poetry is very conversational-sounds like someone talking with you. Considered a more modern type of poetry.
6. Describes a non-human object as having human qualities or doing a human action
7. Rhymes that occur within lines
8. What term is described as intentional word choice?
9. One thing stands for the idea of another
10. Why would a poet use repetition?
11. Haiku poetry
12. An author's tone that creates a personal and reflective atmosphere, uses personal experiences and stories, uses personal pronouns (I, me, we), is very informal-like a letter or diary entry
13. An eight line stanza
14. Using "like" or "as" to compare two different things and show a common quality between them
15. Many poets use ..... to create mental scenes for readers.
16. An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
17. The writer's or speaker's attitude about the subject, audience, or character
18. Group of lines in poetry, separated by a line break (or space) (a paragraph in poetry)
19. This gives human qualities to a nonhuman thing. Tom's geometry book seemed to stare at him, whisper to him, and call his name.
20. Descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences ..... Show, don't tell!
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