Poetry Terms Quiz 74 (20 MCQs)

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1. The moon smiled down at me as I walked through the empty streets.
2. A comparison between two items based on parallels or connections
3. Swimming with the fishes
4. An example of this is: "My heart's a stereo."
5. 'Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not love ( ..... )' Is an example of .....
6. What is haiku?
7. Rhyme within the same line of a poem
8. 2 or more rhyming words occur within the same line, 2 or more rhyming words appear in the middle of 2 separate lines, or a word at the end of a line rhymes with 1 in the middle.
9. A word or phrase that names something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled.
10. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy."
11. A word that sounds like it means.
12. An intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis
13. "The wind was a gostly galleon ..... "This is an example of .....
14. What is the theme of a poem?
15. Poetry that is meant to be mostly for theater. It includes a person's specific situation.
16. Elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, and onomatopoeia-gives poetry a musical quality
17. When the lines do not have a rhyme scheme, a poem is considered to be this format.
18. A 17 syllable traditional Japanese spiritual poem, sturctured in a 5-7-5 line way.
19. An example of a simile is "limp as a noodle."
20. A GENRE THAT CAN BE FICTION OR NON-FICTION