Poetry Terms Quiz 122 (20 MCQs)

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1. Writing that has a beat has .....
2. Characteristic speech and thought patterns in a work of literature.
3. What is the style of a limerick?
4. Which is an example of an idiom .....
5. Similes
6. Match the meaning to the word:Comparing two things using like or as
7. Sensory details that an author uses to put a picture in the reader's mind.
8. Is elision a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration?
9. The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
10. Words that almost rhyme but do not make a complete rhyme
11. The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.
12. Which figurative language is this an example of:The old man was as blind as a bat.
13. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of word
14. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter; a poem meant to be sung.
15. A couplet has ..... lines
16. You should preview a poem looking at shape, line length, and stanzas before reading it.
17. Repetition of the same sounds in words that appear near each other in a poem, often at the end of the line, used to create a musical effect
18. She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting. What is the mood of the passage?
19. Poetry that does not have rhyme or rhythm is called
20. Which term means using colors, objects, or people to represent a deeper idea?