Poetry Terms Quiz 430 (20 MCQs)

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1. The writer's attitude towards his/her subject
2. Logical sections of ideas, like paragraphs of an essay
3. Two lines of rhyming poetry
4. The person in the poem who is speaking
5. Language that is not intended to be taken literally
6. Rhyme that occurs within single of poetry.
7. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of words
8. Ordered pattern of rhymes
9. What is the tone of the following text? "I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
10. Amanda anaconda ate an amazing apple air-fried ashcake.
11. A writer's attitude toward what they are writing about
12. Read the following stanza and decide which two poetic devices the author uses. "I am Super Sampson Simpson, I'm superlatively strong. I like to carry elephants, I do it all day long. I pick up half a dozen and hoist them in the air. It's really somewhat simple, for I have strength to spare."
13. Languagethat appeals to the senses.
14. A Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. It often features an image, or a pair of images, meant to depict the essence of a specific moment in time.
15. Replacing a word or idea with a different word that is closely related.
16. Comparison of two things unlike not using like or as.
17. The front desk was my chocolate notebook and I was not letting it go away. No way.This means:
18. Which of the following is composed of five three-line tercets and a final four-line quatrain?
19. "like" or "as" comparison
20. What is the best definition of an idiom?