Poetry Terms Quiz 329 (20 MCQs)

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1. Guilt poked and chewed at me for telling the lie.
2. 'Places of calm' contains repeated broad vowel sounds, an effect that is called:
3. Easily recognized or obvious
4. The pattern of rhymes
5. Meter means
6. The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity
7. What is the definition of the term:Connotation?
8. Similes compare two things using the words
9. Using the words "like" or "as" or another connective word to compare one thing to another in a creative and indirect way is called a:
10. What is the definition of a denotation?
11. When two or more words create a rhyme in the same line of a poem or verse
12. "I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse" is an example of:
13. Directions:Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. Paul Laurence Dunbar- "We Wear the Mask" We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, ..... This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with countless subtleties.Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, whileWe wear the mask.We smile, but, O great Christ, our criesTo thee from tortured souls arise.We sing, but oh the ground is vileBeneath our feet, and long the mile;But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask! #4 Why does the author include line 4 in the poem?
14. A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem; stanzas can have the same or different of these
15. The first letters in a line/verse spell a word if you read vertically
16. A stressed syllable followed two unstressed syllables, like "beautiful"
17. Exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work
18. The repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables
19. Words that sound a like
20. What is the repetition of vowel sounds?