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Poetry Terms Quiz 388 (20 MCQs)

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1. When an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings as if it were human
2. The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences.
3. The attitude of the poet; established through word choice
4. The following quote from William Shakespeare uses which literary device? "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death."
5. Which poetry term refers to the "narrator" of the poem?
6. Repetition of the accented vowel sound and all succeeding sounds.
7. When human qualities are given to nonliving objects is:
8. The repetition of sounds in a sequence of words. (See alsoconsonance and assonance.)
9. 'Oh loving hate' is an example of
10. What form of poetry has no rhythm, line lengths may vary, no rhyming patterns, and expresses feelings and ideas?
11. The way in which a poem is written. These can vary in length.
12. A type of poem that is set to music or tells a story of tragedy of adventure
13. Metaphor:elements are incongruent or contradictory, usually fantastical/absurd ex) dog pulled in its horns
14. The letters you often see at the end of poems to identify patterns refers to the .....
15. Cinquain, free verse, haiku, ballad, limerick, sonnet, ode etc.
16. What type of figurative language is shown?The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky.
17. Skies are cryingI am watchingCatching tear drops in my handsis an example of .....
18. Refers to the pattern of words and silence within a poem; it's "beat"
19. A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally
20. ..... is defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter.
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