Poetry Terms Quiz 105 (20 MCQs)

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1. The most simple/central unit of a poem
2. The person who wrote the poem is the
3. Type of writing in which rhythm and sounds of words are as important as their definitions
4. The rhyming of words within a line of poetry
5. It is a poem of 17 syllables
6. What is the term for the overall feeling or atmosphere of a poem?
7. "It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of a-
8. What is a literary device that is the repetition of sound that is identical or similar?
9. Allegory
10. This is the general definition of a comparison of any two things
11. A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in poem
12. Comparing two things that are similar using like or as
13. In addition to the required villanelle, a student also could have written a ..... poem for the other one due by Friday, Nov. 19.
14. When a poet says one thing but means something else
15. 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4
16. Indicates the author's attitude, mood, or feelings towards their subject
17. The "feeling" created in the reader by a literary work or passage
18. Which one tells a story?
19. A type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. This happens when the final CONSONANT sounds are similar, but the ending VOWEL sounds are different. This is also known as imperfect rhyme
20. A rhythmic pattern of unstressed-stressed syllables