Poetry Terms Quiz 360 (20 MCQs)

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1. The sun is shining bright and warm. This is an example of .....
2. True or False:Poetry is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.
3. Each line in poetry represents a complete thought.
4. Pairs of rhyming lines
5. Having the same sound at the end of 2 or more words.
6. This is using descriptive words to create a picture in the reader's mind.
7. A 14 line poem is called a?
8. A phrase that relies on extreme exaggeration to make a point
9. In his poem "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe uses repetition to create rhythm and mimic sounds. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, -While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping." By repeating beginning consonant sounds, what device is Poe using?
10. The pattern of rhymes in a poem. For example:AABB, ABAB, ABCD, or ABBA pattern.
11. What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?
12. What are the sections of poems called?
13. Details that relate to the five senses. They help paint a picture for the reader
14. Poetry with no rhyme or meter.
15. Anapest
16. Two or more words that repeat the same end sounds.
17. What technque involves the beginning of lines of poetry starting the same?
18. Stanza structure in which four (4) lines are grouped together through a rhyme scheme.
19. Beats in words that create rhythm
20. Human qualities given to inanimate objects