Poetry Terms Quiz 326 (20 MCQs)

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1. A pair of rhyming lines that are the same length & form a complete thought
2. The feeling or mood that the words give
3. The pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines
4. What poetic device is exemplified by the following phrase: "fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese" ?
5. The feelings or associations the reader makes with the word.
6. The poem has a pattern of rhyming words
7. The Greek word for "description." It is a vivid description of a piece of art. It uses no rhyme scheme.
8. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or end of words that are near each other
9. The army was able to attack the incoming enemies
10. A group of lines forming a unit/ The group of lines is separated by a space.
11. The main idea or meaning of a literary work
12. What poetic device is used in the following sentence? The birds in the aviary squawked and chirped loudly.
13. What is it called when a writer refers to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, or piece of literature?
14. Achange in poetry in tone, structure, or speaker.
15. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? When I walked into the room, I was immediately surrounded with the aroma of homemade cookies.
16. Lyrical poetry
17. Five line poem or stanza with rhyme scheme AABBA
18. How do you know if a poem is a narrative?
19. What is the bolded section of this poem an example of? from Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening":Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.
20. What is the term for the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?