Poetry Terms Quiz 159 (20 MCQs)

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1. Putting a picture in a reader's head is .....
2. What is the name of a stanza with 4 lines?
3. A reference to a famous work, person or event
4. A five-line, humorous poetic form originating in Ireland, written in anapest meter with an A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme.
5. Repitition of consonant sounds
6. A poetic technique/tool a poet uses to create a certain effect
7. Giving human attributes to nonhuman things
8. "The dew softly kissed the grass" is an example of .....
9. Rhyme that occurs in a single line
10. This is determined by the rhyme sound at the end of a line. Each sound is marked with a letter starting with a. Aabba
11. A line or phrase that is repeated at intervals throughout a poem is known as .....
12. A foot of stressed and unstressed syllables
13. Imagery uses the ..... senses to describe something.
14. "Be kind to others" is an example of
15. The repetition in words of identical or similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.
16. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.)
17. A direct comparison of two unlike things
18. Refers to the feelings and ideas a word evokes.
19. This rhyme ends in words with both the same vowel and the same consonant sound. (sun and run)
20. Language that communicates ideas beyond their literal meaning