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Poetry Terms Quiz 101 (20 MCQs)

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1. Comparing 2 things using is, are, was, or were
2. A comparison using the words like or as
3. The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet that sets up the problem of the topic
4. A patterned use of rhyme, specifically at the end of lines is known as what?
5. What does the word "meter" mean in poetry?
6. Chunks of lines in a poem
7. An idea or feeling that is associated with a word, in addition to its primary meaning
8. Poetry uses ..... devices like rhythm and rhyme.
9. "It's raining cats and dogs"
10. A way of indirectly referring to an idea
11. Simile, Metaphor, Personification are all types of
12. Words "murmur, " "gargle, " and "rumble, " "click, " and "vroom" are examples of what literary device?
13. The following is an example of what? Pitter patter
14. Lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme.
15. "In his poem "Out, Out, " Robert Frost describes a boy who has cut himself with a saw holding his bleeding hand up "as if to keep/The life from spilling." This is an example of metonymy. What is life referring to?
16. What is the definition of a metaphor?
17. Which of these is the speaker of a poem?
18. A repeated passage
19. Who is the person that writes the poem?
20. Who does the captain in the poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" symbolize?
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