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Poetry Terms Quiz 470 (20 MCQs)

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1. The use of words to express a meaning that is the opposite of what is said.
2. A lyric poem of fourteen lines. Typically the lines are divided into four stanzas. (the first 3 stanzas have 4 lines each and the last has 2 lines)
3. What is an example of a simile?
4. An object, person, or place used to represent something else.
5. Indicates that the writer wants the reader to pause
6. Main idea
7. Pattern of beats (stresses) in spoken or written language
8. Which is the best example of imagery?
9. Long, often book length, narrative, in verse that retells the heroic journey of a single person, such as Beowulf or Homer's The Odyssey
10. A poem that is meant to be sung; tells a story (often sad); has a refrain and simple rhyme scheme
11. Lines of a poem that are organized in a group
12. The message about human nature that author conveys to the reader.
13. The Odyssey is a(n)
14. The overall pattern of rhyming words in an entire poem
15. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. How many lines in this stanza?
16. Which option has the most POSITIVE (+) connotation? My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him .....
17. A traditional Japanese poetic form. It consists of three unrhymed lines with specific syllable counts:five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second and five in the third. Haikus are often about nature and the seasons.
18. Appeals to the senses to create a picture for the reader
19. Time flies by!
20. Words ending in the same sound
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