Poetry Terms Quiz 340 (20 MCQs)

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1. Like a paragraph but in poem
2. The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.
3. A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
4. When words in the same line of a poem have both consonance and assonance (similar sounds).
5. What is tone in writing?
6. Words that make a sound (pop, crack, whoosh, hiss)
7. "When Carly eats spaghetti, sauce slurping and smacking around her mouth. She scrapes the toast against her plate, crunching, grinding every mouthful." is an example of which sound device?
8. A grouping of lines in a poem (like a paragraph). Often each stanza is the same length and follows the same pattern of meter or rhyme.
9. A shift in a sonnet.
10. A free verse poem does not.....
11. Ha, Ha, HA!!! This kind of poem is funny and entertaining.
12. What is the tone of a poem?
13. When a poem is not written in a strict pattern it is called .....
14. The pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it's characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)
15. Two or more words having the same ending (last) sound, usually at the end of a verse
16. A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker
17. The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words is called .....
18. A four-line stanza in a poem, does not have to rhym
19. Verse with 4 lines Gives a regular rhythm
20. The emotions or feeling the author is trying to convey