Poetry Terms Quiz 36 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who is the person telling the story in the poem?
2. Simile or Metaphor? This house is as clean as a whistle.
3. How many lines per stanza does cinquain
4. The rhythmical pattern in a poem
5. Choose the correct type offigurative language Greedy George gorged himself on ginormous grapefruits.
6. When an object or idea represents something else.
7. In a poem, a horizontal row of words is called a
8. What is form in poetry?
9. "The wooden canoe glided through the water like a knife in warm butter." is an example of
10. Language that is meant to be accepted in its basic form/the dictionary definition
11. What is a narrative poem?
12. A pair of two lines in a poem that contains end rhymes
13. "There was an Old Man with a beardWho said, "It is just as I feared!Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!"is an example of what kind of poem?
14. A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning; also referred to as a "run-on line."
15. The repetition of initial consonants.
16. Stanza with 5 lines
17. Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach. *What is the onomatopoeia?
18. A comparison of one thing to another using the connecting words like or as.
19. A Japanese lyric poem having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables; traditionally the topic of nature or the seasons
20. Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.