Poetry Terms Quiz 409 (20 MCQs)

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1. A word that is the same as another word. An example:Crying = Sobbing
2. A fourteen-line poem with a strict rhyme scheme, often written in iambic pentameter.
3. The author or speaker's ATTITUDE toward a character or subject of a text is .....
4. The author's attitude toward the subject or text
5. What is a small part of a larger work?
6. ..... is the process of giving human qualities to something that isn't human.
7. Which technique is illustrated in the following lines:On Saturday, she silentlyScribbled something in the sunshineAnd sighed as a swift swooshScrambled her shiny, simple sayings.
8. The use of words that help the reader understand how things look, sound, smell, taste or feel.
9. Repeated words, phrases, sentences
10. Organic poems.....
11. Words that express more than their literal meaning
12. The meter and rhyme of a poem
13. What is a group of lines in poetry called?
14. Words that mimic sounds
15. Fancy word for contrast; place 2 unlike objects close to each other
16. Giving human qualities to non living objects
17. AABBCCDDEEFF is an example of .....
18. The speaker of a poem is .....
19. A three-line poem with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line.
20. Repetition of syllables at the end of words, often at the end of a line of poetry, but there are many unique kinds of rhymes.