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Poetry Terms Quiz 287 (20 MCQs)

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1. Repetition of similar ending sounds, usually rhyme occurs in specific patterns at the ends of lines, however, this sound device can also occur within a line of poetry.
2. Poetry is arranged in lines called
3. Ring! Ring! is an example of .....
4. What term means words that are what they sound like? Ex. Zap! Buzz!
5. A song or songlike poem that tells a story and usually has a regular, steady rhythm, simple rhyme pattern and a refrain
6. The message or main idea relevant to the real world that the author wants the reader to take away.
7. The 1988 Tip-off queen will be crowning this year's young lady Friday at the ceremony.
8. Using a word, phrase, or clause more than once is called
9. The rhyming pattern that is created at the end of lines of poetry
10. The occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words
11. How many lines does a haiku have?
12. ..... is when the audience or reader knows something that a character does not. In poetry, this is rare and complicated.
13. Any image or thing that stands for something else
14. The poet is the author and the speaker is the:
15. A description that activates any of the senses
16. What is free verse poetry?
17. What is a group of lines in poetry separated by spaces?
18. The reader can assume that the speaker of a poem is the poet.
19. Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. QUESTION:What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
20. "So I am proud only of those days that we pass in undivided tenderness ..... " is an example of:
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