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Poetry Terms Quiz 110 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech in which a nonliving or inanimate object is given human characteristics.
2. The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a poem is known as .....
3. A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart with a line of space
4. Pairs of rhyming lines; same meter and length
5. The straightforward meanings of words
6. It is called ..... when a nonhuman object is given human characteristics.
7. A figure of speech involving exaggeration. An example:I've told you a million times.
8. A figure of speech that uses like, as, or as if to make a direct comparison between two essentially different objects, actions, or qualities. For example, "The sky looked like an artist's canvas."
9. The mail man mailed the material next month.
10. The way words are arranged on a page-how words look on paper
11. Lines with no prescribed pattern or structure-the poet determines all the variables as seems appropriate for each poem
12. After they presented their project they listed their sources of information or their .....
13. Poetry that doesn't have any line, rhyme scheme, meter, or any other requirements
14. Which type of sound device is used? "I used my usual maneuver to escape."
15. Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
16. A play on words, either on different senses of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words
17. A line that ends with punctuation, indicating a pause when reading
18. What is the physical shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing called?
19. The repeated use of a word, phrase, line, or stanza
20. Bonus question:What is the term for using the dictionary meaning of a word?
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