Poetry Terms Quiz 418 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, or to create humor
2. "his hair was as red as a campfire's blaze" is an example of:
3. The dictionary meaning of a word.
4. Poetry without regular patterns or rules (does not have rhyme)
5. Repetition is a pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
6. A line of poetry that continues from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.
7. The rope SNAPPED in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident.
8. "Six silly snakes slithered sideways" is an example of
9. A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or a song
10. AABB, ABAB, ABCB are examples of .....
11. A ..... is an extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passage or an entire poem.
12. Which is an example of tone?
13. The description of an object, an animal, a place, or an idea as if it were human
14. This gives human like qualities or abilities to nonhuman things
15. Stories told in song, using the voice and language of everyday people. They were composed orally, and singers often added or changed details to make the songs meaningful for their audience.
16. The way a word makes you feel
17. The literary device of ..... is giving non living things human like characteristics or qualities
18. The crocodile's teeth are white daggers.
19. A line or group of lines in a poem separated from other lines by extra white space
20. Groupings of words