Poetry Terms Quiz 380 (20 MCQs)

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1. A long narrative poem focusing on the deeds of a hero is called a(n)
2. Giving human qualities, feelings, actions or characteristics to something that is not alive
3. Perfect rhyme, slant rhyme, terminal pararhyme and terminal semirhyme are all types of?
4. Poetry with regular rhythm (almost always iambic pentameter) but no rhyme
5. Which word means lines that have a similar sound at the end of the line?
6. A poem that tells a story with a plot, characters, setting, and a theme is called:
7. Recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the end of lines of verse
8. Suggested meanings of a word or phrase. The meanings & feelings that have become associated with the word, in addition to its explicit meaning.
9. Anaphora is
10. Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays this way.
11. Did you know that "listen" and "silent" are ..... ?
12. Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
13. A pair of rhyming lines is called:
14. An expression that means something different than what it says.
15. The library was an ocean of books. Metaphor?
16. The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.
17. Poetry that does not follow any set form
18. The Petrarchan Sonnet has
19. Rhythmic writing
20. The use of word whose sound suggests its meaning.