Poetry Terms Quiz 282 (20 MCQs)

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1. I don't like your little gamesDon't like your tilted stageThe role you made me playOf the fool, no, I don't like you
2. My coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside
3. Having the same sounds at the end of a word.Example:car, tar, far
4. Awriter's or speaker's choice of words.
5. Having the same sound at the end of two or more words
6. A group of lines that give the poem its form
7. Sometimes words or phrases are said over and over
8. This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
9. This is an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
10. This poem type is usually silly, have five lines, and begins with "there once was"
11. What poem is very free, very unstructured, and uses elements found in nature or in a general environment?
12. Words that rhyme at the end of lines of poetry
13. Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable, like comprehend
14. Traditional Japanese three line poem
15. A ..... poem is one that does not rhyme and does not follow any syllable or line pattern. It can be about any subject.
16. If something is sweet, which sense am I describing?
17. A poet's departure from the rules of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary in order to maintain a metrical or rhyme scheme; can also mean the manipulation of facts to suit the needs of a poem.
18. A type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects
19. A figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meaningsFor example:jumbo shrimp, organized chaos, pretty ugly
20. The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn.