Poetry Terms Quiz 492 (20 MCQs)

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1. Usually refers to a single line of poetry, but can mean any part of a poem or any poetry.
2. This is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
3. The literal meaning of a word
4. Written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out
5. A type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways
6. Shows conflict with humor, is meant to be a funny play
7. Repetition of the initial consonant sound.
8. Ending a line with a complete sentence or clause ..... ends with punctuation
9. Its dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have
10. Which sentence is an example of assonance?
11. The work of art spoke to us is an example of a ..... ?
12. Harsh, jarring sound; discord.
13. Giving human qualities to non-human things or ideas is known as .....
14. A group of two or more lines together
15. A fixed form of poetry consisting of 14 lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter
16. Language that means exactly what it says.
17. Repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words, most often at the beginning of words
18. Rhyming words placed within a line (The mouse in the house woke the cat.)
19. Comparing two things without like or as
20. Poetry defined by its lack of structure