Poetry Terms Quiz 278 (20 MCQs)

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1. How many lines is an Octave?
2. Lacks strict structure; has no regular meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza pattern
3. "Love is like fire" is an example of which form of figurative language?
4. Shorter in length than a ballad; can sing or chant; praises a person, event, or thing
5. Which two terms help out poets when making their poems fit a rhyme scheme without sacrificing their depth of meaning?
6. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem, creating a musical quality
7. A poem that doesn't follow a specific form, meter, or rhyme scheme, yet still conveys powerful feelings and ideas
8. When sounds of words are similar. Often, the end words have this in common.
9. A kind of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something that is not human
10. Rime scheme
11. The atmosphere of a literary piece, or how the reader feels about it
12. The repetition of consonant sounds, typically within or at the end of words that do not rhyme and precede by different vowel sounds
13. Words that appeal to the senses (descriptive words)
14. "I have seen the highest mountains as well as the lowest valleys", he said. is an example of:
15. In most traditional poetry, the rhyme is organised into patterns. This is called
16. A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar (comparing two things without using like or as).
17. The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
18. Words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point
19. Story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities
20. Lake is Like a Mirror Hikers who recently visited Moose Lake noticed that the still water created a reflective surface. "The lake really was like an enormous mirror, " said one hiker. "It sure was!" agreed another. What is the figurative language used?