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Poetry Terms Quiz 297 (20 MCQs)

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1. A group of lines in a poem that is repeated is called
2. A brief reference to a biblical, historical literary, or mythological person, place, thing, or idea
3. Free verse is poetry that follows a set structure and uses specific types of rhymes within the poem. It usually has a regular meter and rhyme scheme.
4. Lines of poetry that continue forward in sense and punctuation into the next line.
5. Pattern of beats in poetry
6. Poem where first letter of a word spells out a significant word
7. What is it called when a poem has repeated words or phrases; used to make something clear or to draw attention to the words or phrases?
8. The central idea or message of a piece of literature
9. A rhyme that occurs in two consecutive (back to back) lines of poetry
10. Long, narrative poem telling the events of a hero's deeds
11. The exact significance of a word or phrase taken without anyadded exaggeration, imagination, or connotations.
12. A comparison of two unlike objects that uses like or as
13. Identify the rhyme scheme.One fish two fish red fish blue fish.Black fish blue fish old fish new fish. This one has a little star.This one has a little car.Say! What a lot of fish there are.
14. What is a characteristic of a ballad?
15. Which of the following is an oxymoron?
16. Meant to tell a funny story; has five lines; has the rhyme scheme AABBA
17. Two rhyming lines next to one another. Couplets end the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.
18. The use of words that have repetition of similar vowel sounds but are not rhyming words is called
19. In poetry, form is .....
20. A humorous five-line poem that uses an AABBA rhyme scheme.
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