Poetry Terms Quiz 387 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristics to an abstract idea or non-human thingis called
2. What figurative language is a reference to something or someone famous?
3. The pattern of rhyming words in a poem, labeled with lower-case letters of the alphabet
4. A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics.
5. On the way up north to the cabin, the sunshine sits in my lap all morning. This is an example of:
6. Which of the following includes an example of personification?
7. "Love is a rose" is an example of .....
8. What is a group of words together on the same row?
9. My poetry class is not untalented.This is an example of
10. A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme
11. The use of a word or object which represents a deeper meaning than the words themselves is known as .....
12. The person telling the poem is known as the .....
13. What is "the sound that suggests its meaning" ?
14. Close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of verse
15. Repetition of CONSONANT SOUNDS at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END of at least two words in a line of poetry.
16. "She kissed my cheek, her lips flipped the switch to the streetlights inside me." This is an example of .....
17. A group of lines in a poem that are separated from each other by a space is called a .....
18. Creation of words to mimic a sound
19. An indirect reference to a previous work or person, place, or event of historical significance is called what?
20. Do all poems rhyme?