Poetry Terms Quiz 376 (20 MCQs)

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1. A dove is a ..... of peace.
2. "Ten more steps. Eight. Seven. We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession. Only four more steps. Three. There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames" (31) What is the mood of this passage?
3. A common figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing
4. What is the feeling displayed by the author toward the subject of the poem?
5. There are two basic elements to form in poetry: ..... and .....
6. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"and"I have a million things to do today"Are examples of which type of figurative language
7. The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words
8. When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem or song, we generally use ..... to indicate the rhyme scheme.
9. The Following is an example of which Poetry Device:"I would walk a million miles to be at your side"
10. A message about life
11. A lyric poem of 14 lines in iambic pentameter following one of several possible rhyme schemes. The 2 main types are Italian (Petrarchan) and English (Shakespearean)
12. What is the key importance of a stanza?
13. When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?
14. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song and is usually labeled with letters of the alphabet.
15. Simile or Metaphor:Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.
16. The feeling or atmosphere of a poem or work of literature.
17. The "end rhymes" of poems; the poem follows a specific rhyming of words at the end of each line shown by capital letters
18. This example of personification also includes descriptive words that use the five senses, which is known as ..... The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house
19. The message, or lesson the writer wants us to learn is called
20. Sarah can run like a gazelle through the park.This is an example of-