Poetry Terms Quiz 331 (20 MCQs)

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1. The wind was loud, but very calm.It whirled around, like a tornadonot slowing the slightest bit. What words rhyme in this poem?
2. Sister Suzie's selling six sweaters.Is this an example of
3. What is something concrete that stands for somethin abstract?
4. Words that imitate the sounds they denote
5. Saying that one thing is something else
6. A fourteen line poem that contains 3 quatrains and one couplet.
7. Poetry with a specific meter, such as iambic pentameter or trochaic tetrameter
8. Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character. (Think about someone's tone of voice when they speak).
9. Using 5 sense words to paint a picture in the mind of the reader
10. What's the meaning of this personification? "The camera loves me!"
11. I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless it was something to really worry about.
12. In poetry, an imaginary voice that "tells" the story The word is .....
13. When an author describes something by saying that it IS something else.
14. The repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants, such as in neigh/fade.
15. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as in "She sells sea shells by the sea shore"
16. Using the same sound at the end of words or lines
17. Which poetry term is being used in this example?Life is like a chicken wing.
18. What poetic sound device is used in this sentence? Don't you know I ownthis boat?
19. A poem that tells a story and has a plot.
20. Poets sometimes use a word to stand for another idea ..... like a black rose standing for death. This is called .....