Poetry Terms Quiz 290 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Less is more" is an example of what poetic device?
2. The repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds
3. "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow" is an example of what type of figurative language?
4. A type of figurative language that shows an object or animal acting like a human.
5. A very long narrative poem that tells of a hero's deeds
6. A writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story. This is called .....
7. Long, Narrative Poem that tells a story of a hero or historical figure or event.
8. Two lines of poetry that rhyme (AA)
9. "word-picture;" an image is a word or group of words that refers to something that can be experienced by the senses
10. What do we call a song or song-like poem that tells a story and usually has a regular, steady rhythm, a simple rhyme pattern, and a refrain?
11. What does onomatopoeia mean?
12. "The air is drugged with azalea blossoms" is an example of .....
13. The dictionary definition of the word.
14. How many stanzas?
15. A comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as (is, are, was)
16. A songlike narrative poem that features repetition and strong meter
17. Part that stands for a whole .....
18. Which of these is an example of end rhyme?
19. The flow of the beat in a poem, giving poetry a musical feel
20. "I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing." -Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People