Poetry Terms Quiz 126 (20 MCQs)

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1. A line of poetry containing seven metrical feet
2. Alexandrine
3. "And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes" is an example of which literary term?
4. Concrete details which appeal to the senses so that we can see or sense what it is being written about.
5. This type of poetry shows a lot of emotion.
6. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as
7. In the phrase 'the wind howled angrily', what figure of speech is being used?
8. Repeating the same sentence structure or pattern of words.
9. Giving human-like qualities to animals, objects or ideas.
10. A word that sounds like what it means. Ex:buzz, click, bang, sizzle
11. In Flander's field the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row. That mark our pace; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly.
12. What kind of figurative language shows an extravagant exaggeration?
13. Which figure of speech is exemplified by the word 'sizzle'?
14. A central or universal idea (expresses truth about human behavior)**usually the "moral" or lesson learned**
15. ..... gives human or lifelike characteristics to something that is not human or not alive.
16. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!'
17. A Shakespearean Sonnet contains this many lines of poetry:
18. Words that carry opposite meanings to create an image
19. Rhymes within lines
20. Language that gives the reader a vivid picture; appeals to at least one of the five senses.