Poetry Quiz 24 (20 MCQs)

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1. A simile and metaphor BOTH
2. The imagery of the breath-"beneath my steps, my breath/ before me" and "Until we were breathing/Before a drugstore" stresses
3. Which type of Figurative Language is it that the words mimic the sounds? (Ex. BOOM)
4. When you have the same ending sound in words, you would say the words:
5. What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse?
6. A character or set of characters who can be compared and contrasted in a work to heighten plot and theme development:
7. In Holy Sonnet 10, the speaker personifies
8. Which poet that we read was name Poet Laureate by President Clinton?
9. A group of consecutive lines that forms a structural unit in a poem
10. What is a line of verse with five metrical feet? (unstressed followed by a stressed syllable)
11. "Oranges" is a narrative poem because
12. Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem.
13. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement of sound
14. What does the narrator think Porphyria wants?
15. Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound
16. A very short poem that contains 3 lines with 17 total syllables; originated in Japan and is usually about nature.
17. Define evidence
18. Epics usually include
19. What is the correct rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
20. Descriptions about the setting and characters is frequently found in