Poetry Terms Quiz 431 (20 MCQs)

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1. Words that sound like the noise that they make
2. I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
3. Two lines that form a unit in a poem. Usually they rhyme and have the same rhythm.
4. Combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox, as in the word bittersweet or the phrase living death
5. This type of poem tells a story and is often set to music.
6. Poetry that does not follow a particular rhythm or rhyme pattern.
7. The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience. They sometimes appeal to the senses ..... sight, taste, smell, hearing, and touch.
8. Two accented syllables together (KNICKKNACK)(bring your spondee to the picnic)/two unaccented syllables together (in the)
9. A Japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
10. An iamb consists of syllables that are
11. Brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature
12. The physical arrangement of the words on the page, sometimes involving rhyme and rhythm
13. ..... is the repetition of final consonant sounds.
14. ..... is a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence.
15. Repetition of a consonant sound with words in close proximity.
16. What type of imagery is this? "The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house."
17. I went to the storeTo buy some breadI opened the doorAnd hit my headThis poem is written in .....
18. The positive or negative feelings associated with a word
19. An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
20. StudentSocial, StudiousReading, Writing, SolvingCurious scholar, Knowledgeable educatorEvaluating, Instructing, ChallengingSmart, GenerousTeacher