Poetry Terms Quiz 160 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." Ex:Love is a battlefield
2. Novels like Harry Potter and Wonder are written in.....
3. Rhetorical
4. Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
5. A contradiction that can be true and untrue at the same time.
6. A phrase which has a meaning that is commonly understood by speakers of the language, but whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words. An example:it's a piece of cake
7. Rhythm & Meter is best defined as.....
8. Giving inanimate object characteristics of life.
9. "the wind whispered a midnight message to me" is an example of:
10. A big exaggeration used to make a point
11. It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
12. Repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in words close together
13. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables that create a rhythm or flow to the poem
14. Stanza with 4 lines
15. What is a refrain in a poem?
16. A group of lines separated from other groups of lines by white space.
17. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.
18. The presentation of an idea, person, or an event to make it seem less than it is-for example, describing a huge loss as a "minor setback"
19. Words that sound like their meanings.
20. When a poem rhymes and the rhyming is organized in patterns, this is known as .....