Poetry Terms Quiz 136 (20 MCQs)

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1. A restatement of an idea in such a way as to retain the meaning while changing the diction and form. Often an amplification of the original phrase/idea for the purpose of clarity.
2. The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence-more than once (think of the chorus of a song)
3. Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?
4. A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas ans usually having a refrain.
5. Has the following elements:Paragraphs, setting and characters.
6. Use of any element of language more than once, used for musical effects and for emphasis
7. "The loud brown cow" is an example of .....
8. Voice that talks to the reader
9. A poem whose words are arranged in the shape of the subject of the poem
10. What is "a fixed pattern of accented and unaccounted syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm" ?
11. Comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
12. Trope
13. Group of words together on one line of the poem
14. What is the definition of "ode" ?
15. A figure of speech where exaggeration is used to emphasize a point
16. A comparison in which one thing is written about as if it were another WITHOUT the use of like or as is
17. A lyric poem of 14 lines is called .....
18. Pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length
19. A writer's choice of words
20. Stanza structure in poetry can be best defined as .....