Poetry Terms Quiz 479 (20 MCQs)

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1. The pattern of beats or stresses in language.
2. Tells of dramatic or emotional stories/situations (popular pop songs) (a narrative set to music)
3. Repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables as in "wind" and "sand"
4. Words that express sensory details
5. An imaginative comparison where one thing is said to be another thing (My brother's room is a pigsty.)
6. The repetition of the same ending sound in two or more words
7. The ..... of a word refers to other words, ideas, images that we associate with a specific word (i.e. "red" is associated with fire, blood, or anger).
8. Anaphora can best be defined as .....
9. Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds (Ex. Lamp/Stamp)
10. In a book or poem the author will tend to use imagery or ..... to better explain ideas.
11. The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words.
12. A strong regular repeating pattern or movement
13. What are rows of text in a poem called?
14. A "run-on" line that carries over into the next to complete its meaning.
15. Poem that has no formal structure, no rhythm, and no rhyme
16. Which word means a short poem that expresses personal feelings?
17. The emotional association of a word is called the
18. A metrical foot of two syllables, first stressed and second unstressed
19. "The waves beside them danced; ..... "This line is an example of .....
20. A poem in which the poet either expresses their feelings or emotions