Poetry Terms Quiz 150 (20 MCQs)

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1. The layers of meaning that a word has, or the emotional associations or implications of a word.
2. Slight or inaccurate repetition of sounds (vowel sounds in words DO NOT exactly rhyme)
3. Words that end in the same sound
4. The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"
5. "Sally sold seashells down by the seashore" is an example of:
6. A single metrical line of poetry, or a name for poetry in general (as opposed to prose)
7. A narrative poem-usually containing much repetition and often repeated refrain-often tell a single dramatic episode
8. An ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or verse
9. The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings (buzz, clank, hiss)
10. Which is an example of assonance?
11. Word and rhythm choices that affect how a poem sounds
12. The length of a line is referred to as ..... and has to do with repeated sequence of meter and accented or unaccented syllables.
13. Which of the following IS a characteristic of a lyric poem?
14. The author's use of vivid and descriptive details that appeal to the human senses
15. A unit of poetry such as a stanza or line.
16. How the reader feels while reading the piece of writing
17. What do we call the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together?
18. What is a group of lines called that form a verse?
19. I caught a fish the size of a mini van!
20. What is the feeling of a poem as created by the author's point of view?