Poetry Terms Quiz 383 (20 MCQs)

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1. Spelling how words sound. Crackle, pop, fizz, zoom
2. What term refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
3. The English teacher told her class, "You really need to proofread your work, or otherwise people will find you not very credible." The teacher's assignment had 12 typos in it.
4. Which term refers to an exaggerated statement used for emphasis?
5. In this poem, what matters is the number of syllables.
6. The voice or persona of the poem is called the-
7. "They covered themselves with dust and glory."
8. ..... is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
9. A figure of speech that does not use like or as to compare two unlike things
10. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which literary term?
11. A single line of words in a poem.
12. Occurs when lines of poetry end in words that are spelled alike but pronounced differently-appeals to the eye, rather than the ear
13. A pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, and often greater than the normal pause
14. Serenity sells seashells by the seashore is an example of?
15. The creation of words by describing sounds is called
16. A long heroic poem
17. "Midnight Sun" is an example of:
18. The occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
19. Sentence of poetry numbered in poems
20. Measure of rhythm