Poetry Terms Quiz 460 (20 MCQs)

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1. Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words is known as ..... (ex:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
2. The literal or dictionary definition of a word.
3. A fourteen-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter.
4. Decasyllable
5. He is as quick as a fox. Life is like a box of chocolates
6. A 3-line Japanese poem
7. Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
8. Groups of lines (4 or more)
9. At its peak I stood; its base I pondered. To win or lose are both downhill.
10. Writing that is not poetic (ordinary writing without meter)
11. Two rhymed lines
12. The use of something closely related for the thing actually meant
13. In the Poem by Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay, " poetry is used to compare
14. Words that have the same end sound
15. The use of ..... s to represent ideas or qualities
16. ..... uses words in an imaginative way. It typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms.
17. Language used to describe one thing in terms of something else. Language that is not intended to be taken literally.
18. Something that stands for or represents something else, especially a concrete object taken to represent something abstract is called:
19. Using the same words or phrases more than once for emphasis
20. What is a stanza with 3 lines?