Poetry Terms Quiz 484 (20 MCQs)

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1. Type of poetry that is meant to be performed
2. Giving inanimate objects human qualities, such as "the sun kissed her cheeks on the hot summer day" is known as
3. A group of words in poetry that may or may not be a complete sentence
4. Repeating similar sounds of consonants, not necessarily at the beginning of the words
5. Which of the following is the definition of tone?
6. ..... is a technique in which the normal order of words is reversed. This is often done to maintain a particular rhyme scheme or meter, and sometimes for artistic effect.
7. A reference to another text, historical event, art, etc.
8. Not-rhyming lines that follow the natural rhythms of speech
9. Using word with the same or similar ending sounds
10. A poem that sounds similar to everyday speech (with no rhyme or meter) is called .....
11. ..... is the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
12. The rhyme scheme of a sonnet is .....
13. The pattern of end rhyme in a poem which is labeled with letters of the alphabet
14. A poem narrating a story in short stanzas that is meant to be sung
15. "He could hear the howling of the approaching storm and see the debris thrown around the farm." This is an example of ..... ?
16. Plays are also known as dramas.
17. A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between of the poem.
18. "the blue bells were broken by Billy Brown" is an example of:
19. Over-exaggeration for effect.
20. A piece of creative writing that uses both speech and sound, and usually has rhyme and rhythm.