Poetry Terms Quiz 39 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the term that includes "similes, metaphors, vivid language, creating a picture in your mind" ?
2. A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.
3. A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
4. Also known a "vowel rhyme, " is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.
5. What does imagery mean?
6. The oak tree grew so high / ..... Eagles, mountain peaks, and sky
7. How the author feels when writing the poem.
8. The lasting impression or main idea of the poem that the author wants you to remember.
9. Enjambment can best be defined as .....
10. ..... is a very small particle; a speck.
11. The narrator or speaker in the poem is called
12. Follows the ABBAABBA pattern
13. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
14. "The blanket wrapped its arms around me, " the wind howled in the night, " and "my alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning." These are all examples of:
15. Repetition of consonant sounds nearby non-rhyming words
16. "This evil is not declining; it is just at the dawn." ~~ MEDEA
17. Iambic means.....
18. How the voice sounds based on the author's attitude/ feeling toward the subject and audience of the poem; can affect the mood
19. A fixed nineteen-line form which employs only two rhymes and repeats two of the lines according to a set pattern which includes a scheme of rhymes and repetitions. Famous example is "Do Not Go Gentle" by Dylan Thomas.
20. The imaginary voice of the writer or author