Poetry Terms Quiz 475 (20 MCQs)

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1. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry
2. One thousand stampeding bison thundering across the plainsCouldn't drown out the sound of my heart beating for you. This is an example of
3. "Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard." This line has ..... in it.
4. Roses are Red, Violets are blue, My friend's name is Ted, and he is taller than you. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem above?
5. Words that seem to rhyme because they are spelled identically but pronounced differently. Example:bear/fear, dough/cough/through/bough
6. A brief, sometimes indirect, reference in a text to a person, place, or thing
7. The combination of assonance and consonance ..... The cat in the hat chased the rate.
8. Repeating the same sounds at the ends of words or lines
9. What word means having or ending with a sound that corresponds to another.
10. My brothers are stingrays, calm until provoked.
11. When a writer refers to another character, place, thing, or literary work is called .....
12. Repetition of the same beginning consonant sounds
13. Rhyme that occurs within a line of a verse.
14. A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other (such as: "bittersweet" )
15. A group of lines in a poem, much like a paragraph in prose
16. When talking about poetry, what is meter?
17. A magazine article is an example of .....
18. Descriptive language that asks you to use your senses when creating a picture in your head
19. What do a quatrain, sestet, tercet and a quintain all have in common?
20. Poetry without a rhyming structure or a particular rhythm.