Poetry Terms Quiz 425 (20 MCQs)

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1. How are stanzas set apart?
2. Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
3. Repeated sounds at the end of words is also known as .....
4. Simile is.....
5. Groups of words that poetry is divided into
6. What is the purpose of dramatic poetry?
7. A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for truths about human life.
8. A group of lines that form the basic metrical unit in a poem
9. A sonnet is a lyrical 16-line poem
10. When a poem has lines ending with the same sounds, it is called .....
11. A verse made up of four lines
12. Poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement (NO strict meter or rhyme scheme)
13. What is the tone of the following passage? The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it ..... hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.
14. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
15. A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme.
16. What is the repetition of words (or phrases) at the start of a series of lines in a poem for dramatic effect called?
17. The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence-more than once
18. Poetry that does not follow a regular rhytmic pattern or rhyme scheme.
19. In drama, the presentation of essential information regarding what has occurred prior to the beginning of the play
20. What is the purpose of "A Poison Tree, " by William Blake?