Poetry Terms Quiz 441 (20 MCQs)

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1. A group of words on one line with a number in the front
2. What is this an example of? Phillip found four amphibians.
3. The bruise on George's foot felt as big as an elephant. What are the words in blue an example of?
4. This use of words that describe a sound so that the readers can clearly "hear" them is called
5. An expressive, imaginative piece of writing often arranged in lines having rhythm and rhyme. The patterns made by the sounds of the words have special importance.
6. Moving from the present to an event that has happened earlier
7. Group of lines in a poem separated by space
8. What poem has no set rules?
9. Describes words that have the same ending sound
10. Language sung, chanted, spoken, or written according to some pattern of recurrence that emphasizes the relationships between words on the basis of sound and sense .
11. My love is like a red, red rose
12. The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent
13. The high point; the moment of greatest tension or intensity. The climax can occur at any point in a poem, and can register on different levels, e.g. narrative, rhetorical, or formal.
14. A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called a .....
15. Denouement is what
16. What type of rhyme scheme does a limerick have?
17. A type of narrative poem that tells a story. It is meant to be sung or recited. It contains a setting, plot, conflict, and characters.
18. Words used by writers to appeal to a reader's five senses is referred to as:
19. A word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated at times throughout a poem or song, especially at the end of a stanza
20. Words whose sounds suggest their emotions, Pow! Bang! Ouch!