Poetry Terms Quiz 100 (20 MCQs)

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1. Read between the lines. Think beyond the text. What is the hidden meaning?
2. A particular method of using sounds in language (alliteration, simile, metaphor, personification etc.)
3. What does "metaphor" mean?
4. A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
5. A sound device in which a word makes the sound
6. What is this an example of? Break a leg.
7. A repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of lines is .....
8. BAM! The door shut behind me.
9. A poem's form is its
10. ..... is the repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a poem.
11. The moonlight danced over the still water on the lake.
12. The children's feet squished in the mud.
13. A comparison between two unlike things thing in which one thing is spoken of as if it is was another
14. Crash, pow, click
15. Arrangement of words in a poetic line or sentence
16. Which type of poetry tells a story?
17. Comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
18. The technique of showing that words, phrases, and clauses are comparable in context and importance by placing them side by side and making them similar in form.
19. Words that represent sounds.
20. The repetition of words or ideas for emphasis