Poetry Terms Quiz 353 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are rhyming words in the same line of a poem (like "I can be a man with a plan")
2. A form a figurative language which makes a comparison by stating thattwo items are the same-that one is the other
3. Based on the information in the poem "The Road Not Taken", why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?"
4. Lyric poetry expresses .....
5. A line of pentameter contains this many feet:
6. In Taylor Swift's poem "Bad Blood", the following is an example of what? "Now we got problems/ And I don't think we can solve 'em/You made a really deep cut/And baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)" Choose the best answer.
7. What is a clever, witty form of figurative language
8. A 17-syllable traditional Japanese poem; unrhymed; has no title; has three lines containing syllables of 5, 7 & 5; usually about nature
9. ..... occurs when a line does not stop at the end of the line, but continues onto the next line without pause or punctuation.
10. The poetry term I know the best is .....
11. Which term refers to the purposeful breaking of lines to create shape and meaning?
12. Bam! Words that sound about the same as how you say them when you read them.
13. True or False:Hyperbole is an extreme understatement
14. Which line contains a simile? 1 I wandered lonely as a cloud 2 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 3 When all at once I saw a crowd, 4 A host, of golden daffodils; 5 Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 6 Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
15. Repetition of sounds at the ends of words (frog, dog, bog)
16. The rhyme scheme is the
17. Arrangement of incidents or events in a story
18. What is this:The students have a chip on their shoulder.
19. The author uses language that creates a picture and appeals to the senses. This is called
20. A process in which you look for things that are different.