Poetry Terms Quiz 104 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an example of consonance?
2. The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition. This is an example of
3. That test was a piece of cake.Is this an example of
4. ..... is descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
5. A warning or indication o fsome future event
6. Two opposites words that seem contradictory but are true
7. What do we call a four line stanza?
8. Words that imitate the sound they make:
9. Techniques in which sound is used strategically to enhance the meaning of a work
10. The attitude a writer takes toward a subject It might be humorous, serious, bitter, angry, or detached, among other possibilities.
11. Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.
12. Crux
13. The point of view or narrator of a poem
14. A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect. Have I got to learn the shape of the river according to all five hundred thousand different ways?
15. "My mother thinks I am her star except when I raid her cookie jar!"
16. Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentamenter
17. The repeated use of a word or phrase in a poem; used for emphasis and it helps the reader remember the important parts of the poem.
18. A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
19. Words that *almost* rhyme but not exactly, like 'wane' and 'again.'
20. ATMOSPHERE