Poetry Terms Quiz 106 (20 MCQs)

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1. Verse
2. A passing reference or indirect mention of something well known that exists outside of the poem
3. Scenery and props designed and arranged for a particular scene of a play
4. What is identified in bold within the section of the poem below? from Poe's "The Raven":Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
5. A comparison using like or as to show a connection
6. What poetic device is used in this example?Five days ago life was perfect. Five days ago she did not have a care in the world. Five days ago everything changed.
7. Iamb
8. A five line poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
9. A short poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
10. What determines if a syllable is Stressed or Unstressed?
11. Written with "you" as the subject; reader is part of the story-weather they wrote it or not; Pronouns:you, your, yours
12. Dr. Seuss loved to use what in his stories
13. The "dictionary" meaning of words contained in a poem is:
14. Which is an example of a "compound word?"
15. Line breaks can be important because they create
16. Which vocabulary word is being defined? A three line Japanese verse poem
17. A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem usually at the end of a stanza
18. What sound device is used in the following sentence:The bee buzzed around my head.
19. Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Example:Shakespeare's plays
20. Repeating a word or phrase