Poetry Terms Quiz 459 (20 MCQs)

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1. What vocabulary word means:To fit in with the needs of, provide space for
2. A phrase that compares two things as if one thing IS or WAS the other thing is a .....
3. Creates images in the mind of the reader uses figurative metaphorical language to improve the readers experience.Often appeals to our senses:touch, sight, smell, taste, hear
4. Under the sea swim fishesUnder the sea lurk sharksUnder the sea speed starfishThis is an example of
5. Blankness or emptiness within a poem
6. Extreme exaggeration used for effect rather than for literal interpretation
7. Words that sound like the natural noises they make
8. "If you are a dreamER, a wishER, a liAR, A hope-ER, a pray-ER, a magic bean buyERIf you're a pretendER, come sit by my fiRE"is an example of
9. "The steak was tougher than an anvil."
10. A poem that has three lines and a total of 17 syllables, distributed in a specific 5-7-5 syllable pattern is called a .....
11. Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry.
12. If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?If I'm alive and well, will you be there and holding my hand?is an example of .....
13. The voice talking to us in the poem is not always the voice of the poet him/herself ..... we call this voice the .....
14. Voice in the poem; the person or thing that is speaking
15. A narrative poem of popular origin is sometimes called a:
16. Let's try this again! A simile can be defined as .....
17. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in language
18. Repetition is when a writer repeats words or phrases in order to ..... a point.
19. Cataloging
20. A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writers; style