Poetry Terms Quiz 135 (20 MCQs)

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1. ENG:A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. Compares two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as" . SPN:Una forma de expresar una comparacion sin usar "como" o "igual que"
2. What vocabulary word means:Set someone or something free from a situation
3. A poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyming and rhythm pattern.
4. Each line in a poem
5. When a poem has words that rhyme within one line.
6. A six-line stanza, or the final six lines of a 14-line Italian or Petrarchan sonnet
7. A ..... is a group of .....
8. Which of the following most likely the connotative meaning of love?
9. You're a mean one, Mr. GrinchYou really are a heelYou're as cuddly as a cactusYou're as charming as an eel-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
10. The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines in a poem (ex. aabba)
11. A simple, song-like poem
12. The rhythmic structure of the poem ..... the way it sounds when read aloud.
13. A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repetitive.
14. The determination of a formal rhyming pattern using letters
15. Using language that creates a picture in the reader's minds (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures) is called:
16. Giving human qualities to non-human items
17. What figurative language is an obvious exaggerated statement?
18. A reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature often without explicit identification
19. The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
20. The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea