Poetry Terms Quiz 304 (20 MCQs)

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1. Focuses on erasing words to create a different meaning.
2. How many lines does a cinquain have to have?
3. A word that has the same meaning as another word.
4. A play on words, using multiple meanings or similar sounds to make a joke.
5. Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally, used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things
6. Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
7. A character that the poet has created. One who uses the words 'I' and 'me'.
8. Extravagant exaggeration
9. ..... is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
10. A person who writes a poem is called an .....
11. Mood in poerty is .....
12. Simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, etc.-go beyond literal meaning
13. What is the following sentence an example of ..... Ethan's smile is a mile wide.
14. Compares two things using is, was or are in the sentence.
15. Which term is this the definition for:A fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm.
16. Two words that have the same sound.
17. An expression of ideas or feeling in words, usually having a form, rhythm and rhyme is called .....
18. "I hear lake water lapping || with low sounds by the shore ..... "
19. Choose the answer that uses a simile.
20. The speaker in poetry is defined as .....