Poetry Terms Quiz 313 (20 MCQs)

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1. Lines repeated regularly in a poem
2. Is an alternative to a literal meaning, this is used to create imagery
3. The repetition of vowel sounds at any place in a series of words
4. Which animal symbolizes wisdom and knowledge?
5. A word that imitates the sound it describes
6. Giving human qualities to nonliving things
7. Hit and put.A partial or imperfect rhyme. The vowel sounds in half rhymes are usually not identical. ("worm" and "swarm" or "blood" and "brood.")
8. When poets carry a metaphor over several lines or throughout an entire poem
9. This poem is in iambic pentameter but has no rhyme.
10. A Japanese poetry form with no rhyme.
11. A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines
12. Comparison of two unlike things where one word is used to designate the other (one is the other)
13. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human characteristics such as feelings, movement of limbs, language, etc.
14. The stars winked at me. The book read itself to me. The tree whispered in the wind. is an example of
15. Speaking directly to an inanimate object
16. A basic structural component of a poem.
17. Length and placement of lines in groupings on the page
18. Which of the following is a concrete noun?
19. A poem dealing with rural life, often involving shepherds, representing the idealized version of country life
20. A songlike poem that tells a story, often on dealing with adventure or romance