Poetry Terms Quiz 279 (20 MCQs)

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1. An elaborate or extended metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two things that are extremely different
2. A literary device in which a part of something is substituted for the whole
3. When what you say is the opposite of what you mean
4. It felt like it was a thousand degrees out last Sunday.
5. The following is an example of what? I have a grey and white cat, Who is old, lazy and fat.
6. AABB is an example of what in poetry?
7. A poem with free verse contains
8. The word choice of an author
9. How fast or slow a poem is read.
10. The following is an example of:With his ebony hands on each ivory keyHe made that poor piano moan with melody.
11. Sounds that are repeated at the ends of lines in a poem.
12. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:Alliteration
13. This is the pattern of end rhyme in a poem.
14. A comparison that does use like or as
15. The following line is an example of which sound device? "Poetry is old, ancient, goes far back."
16. Hard to catch or discover
17. Words whose final syllables have the exact same sounds
18. Refers to the broad category of poetry that concerns feelings and emotion. This distinguishes it from two other poetic categories:epic and dramatic
19. Which of the following terms is defined as:language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses
20. The speaker of the poem is .....