Poetry Terms Quiz 148 (20 MCQs)

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1. Words that only look as if they will rhyme
2. To go beyond in action or performance
3. Which one of these is considered a pun?
4. "There is no CLutter CLuttered upmore CLosely, I presume, than the CLutter CLustered CLinginglyin my friend, Betty's room"is an example of
5. A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u )
6. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore" Is an example of which type of figurative language?
7. Comparison of two things that are unlike but have some qualities in common; does not use like or as
8. The way a poem is laid out on the page
9. What is "poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyme scheme" ?
10. "The early bird gets the worm" is an example of .....
11. A couplet is best defined as .....
12. A three-line Japanese poem that follows this syllable pattern:5, 7, 5
13. In poetry, authors tend to use ..... to appeal to the senses of the audience. Choose the best answer.
14. Poetic persona; speaker of poem's unique way of saying things
15. ..... is a description of an object, animal, place, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities.
16. True or False:Litotes is an extreme understatement
17. A speech given by a single character in a story.
18. The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity
19. Select the onomatopoeia below?
20. What is the definition of a symbolism?