Poetry Terms Quiz 392 (20 MCQs)

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1. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; similar to rhythmic beats in music
2. Words that express more than their literal meaningEx. (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.)
3. The following is an example of which sound device?The proud catHad a beautiful hat
4. All I know is my heart is a ghost townis an example of .....
5. Which of the following is defined as-as a stretch of the truth?
6. Repetition of consonant sounds within a word
7. This is a comparison using like or as.
8. Another word for poetry
9. Language layered with meaning by word images and figures of speech; it departs from literal meaning.
10. Not an exact rhyme, not an assonant rhyme, often ends with the same consonant sound (dear-door, blame-dream)
11. A phrase with a meaning different than its literal meaning
12. The associations and emotional overtones attached to a word beyond its literal definition
13. The language that uses sensory details to help a reader recreate what the writer is describing, in his or her own mind.
14. The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
15. A group of words established as usage as having a meaning not duducible from those of the individual words.
16. Made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
17. The repetition of vowel sounds that are close together.
18. When a poem is written with a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (To the piano players out there)
19. What do the red lines show? In my sleep I dream In my sleep I believe In my sleep I mourn
20. The meter that Shakepeare used u/u/