Poetry Terms Quiz 86 (20 MCQs)

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1. Traditional poetry follows patterns for rhyme, meter, or stanza length.
2. What uses language to create mental images?
3. Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.
4. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."Stopping By The Woods on a Snowy Evening" -Robert Frost Where is the refrain in this poem?
5. Under exaggeration; using a negative statement to affirm a positive
6. Which of the following terms is defined as:the main message that an author wants to communicate to a reader
7. Normal writing ..... all grammar rules apply would be considered:
8. An example of feminine rhyme is
9. The author's central idea or the message he/she is trying to convey about the world at large
10. Lyric
11. Read this short poem by Robert Frost, titled "Nothing Gold can Stay", then choose the rhyme scheme this poem follows:Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay.
12. When two or more words start with the same sound appear close together in a poem
13. What is:a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as?"
14. Stress
15. A pair of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry is called:
16. What senses does imagery appeal to?
17. What is the definition of symbolism?
18. It beats ..... as it sweeps ..... as it cleans!-is an example of .....
19. Compares one thing with another without using "like" or "as"
20. A stanza with two lines is called .....