Poetry Terms Quiz 300 (20 MCQs)

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1. Something that represents something else by resembling it, or association with it, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
2. A sonnet is a possible option on the poetry portfolio CA1 students will complete in December.
3. What is an onomatpoeia?
4. The use of any element of language ..... a sound, a word, a phrase, a line, or a stanza ..... more than once.
5. A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object, e.g. truth, danger, happiness.
6. A section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines
7. This is a comparison of two tings without using the words "like" or "as" .
8. Comparison of unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
9. It'scold ..... and I wait Forsomeone to shelter me Andtake me from here. This is an example of a ..... poem.
10. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. What is this an example of?
11. A lengthy poem about the extraordinary adventures of extraordinary men & women.
12. To make something seem larger or more important than it really is; an exaggeration
13. Author or writer of a poem
14. An ode has to have a specific rhyme scheme.
15. What is "an implied comparison not using like or as" (is, were, was)?
16. If you have "butterflies in your stomach" this means you are .....
17. A word, phrase, or sound may be repeated
18. What does it mean to give someone "the cold shoulder" ?
19. Seven
20. Which connotation is MORE positive?We saw ..... animals at the zoo.