Poetry Terms Quiz 452 (20 MCQs)

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1. Discord is a(n)
2. The use of something concrete to represent something deeper or more abstract
3. A phrase or an expression (sometimes called figure of speech) that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. EX. "It's raining cats and dogs."
4. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. An example:Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope, Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope.
5. A section of a poem, ALSO types of poems
6. Rhythmic patterns in poetry are called
7. A group of words forming a phrase or sentence consisting of one or more lines repeated atintervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
8. Please put away your paints and practice the piano.
9. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter is
10. A large exaggeration
11. Choose the alliteration.
12. Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to
13. What is "the attitude of the poet toward the subject" ?
14. What are the following an examples of? Fleet feet sweep, last laugh
15. A group of lines that contain a complete idea that contributes to the overall meaning.
16. This type of figurative language uses the words like or as to compare two unlike things.
17. What is an example of an alliteration?
18. A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than"
19. What is the definition of the term:Stanza?
20. A closed form poem is one that