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Poetry Terms Quiz 330 (20 MCQs)

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1. The repeating of a consonant sound at the beginning, such as Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper, is called
2. A figure of speech in which an object, idea, or animal is given human qualities and attributes
3. What is the correct term for the following definition? A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
4. The most common type of meter in English poetry that has five iambic feet in each line.
5. A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their literal meaning
6. The message that the author wants the reader to learn
7. The repetition of the sound of a vowel in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the sound to be heard
8. "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man" is an example of which poetic device?
9. What is the tone?Grandma picked up the framed photo on the table. Lovingly, she traced the face of the young man in the picture that was taken long ago. A tear slid down her cheek.
10. How would you describe imagery?
11. What is the correct term for the following definition? The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem. The character who tells the poem.
12. A 14 line poem, usually highly structured. The three main types are Shakesperean, Petrachan or Spenserian
13. Giving human traits to a nonhuman thing is?
14. Repetition of vowel sounds in non rhyming words
15. What are the intended readers of a poem or writing called?
16. A single, unbroken sound of a spoken or written word
17. Which describes a lyric poem?
18. Describes one thing as if it were an apparently unlike thing
19. She is the ocean, powerful and majestic This is an example of .....
20. A comparison of two or more things using the words "like" or "as" . Example:The woman's face looked as wrinkled as an old paper bag.
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