Poetry Terms Quiz 108 (20 MCQs)

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1. Definition:a figure of speech that compares two different things without the words "like" or "as."
2. Choose the correct figurative language Snow White's hair is black like charcoal.
3. A struggle within a story. It can be between the protagonist and antagonist, between the protagonist and his society, or the protagonist and nature
4. What a word suggests beyond what it expresses. The feeling associated with the word.
5. Pentameter
6. A songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings
7. Capitalization, line length, and word choice is an example of which type of literary element?
8. The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckleAt every step you missedMy right ear scraped a buckle The italicized words are examples of words that represent:
9. What are we commenting on when we evaluate how the poem is organised?
10. The best kinds of people stand up tall, No matter how hard they fall. The best kinds of people are honest and true. The best kind of person, my dear, is you.What technique do you notice here?
11. Poems that do not rhyme but consist of iambic pentameter
12. What is the topic of a free verse poem?
13. A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
14. ..... occurs when words at the end of lines rhyme with each other.
15. Dramatic change in thought and/or emotion
16. Poems that express the personal thoughts and feelings of the poet or the speaker
17. "The stars danced in the night sky" is an example of:
18. What is the point of view in a poem?
19. During World War II Sweden was Neutral or ..... on which side they were on.
20. May feature colloquial language-local idioms and slang expressions