Poetry Terms Quiz 40 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Curiosity killed the cat." displays
2. A pair of lines in poetry that usually rhyme or have the same meter
3. One thing that stand something closely related ..... Ex:Calling the king, "the crown"
4. When terms contradict each other
5. A pattern of rhyme in a poem. The last word of each line
6. Words or phrases repeated for emphasis.
7. What is an hyperbole?
8. What has a rhyme scheme and consistent meter
9. Repetition of the first consonant sound
10. Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a group of words
11. What is a literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables? It is like the beat in a poem.
12. A figure of speech in which something in is named or described as if it were something quite different.
13. The repetition of sounds at the end of lines
14. A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
15. This is a comparison using the words "like" or "as" .
16. Is the repetition of initial sounds of words. "The slippery snake slithered slowly" is a sentence that uses alliteration.
17. The pattern of long, short, stressed, and unstressed syllables in writing.
18. Form of poetry that follows fixed rules like specific number of lines, has a regular pattern and rhyme
19. A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.
20. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning.