Poetry Terms Quiz 163 (20 MCQs)

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1. His sorrow goes/ Like mountain snows/ In waters sweet and clear
2. She hung her head like a dying flower.
3. Jumbo shrimp is an example of what?
4. What is comparing two things that are not the same as if they were the same called?
5. "The big, bad bear scared all the baby bunnies by the bushes" is an example of:
6. Assonance and consonance are concerned about letters within a word while alliteration is concerned about the letters at the start of a word.
7. A unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or phrase
8. Words that rhyme within one line of poetry.
9. A simile can be defined as .....
10. The "beat" of a poem
11. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
12. Crime, Rhyme, Time, Lime, Climb
13. Simile or Metaphor? That girl is as tough as nails.
14. Well, good for you, you look happy and healthyNot me, if you ever cared to askis an example of .....
15. The person "speaking" the words we read; the narrator of a poem.
16. The last six lines of poetry in a sonnet where the conclusion of the problem is "solved."
17. Basic pattern/concept common to people of different times/ cultures ex) creation story or characters ex) hero, evil king
18. Which line from the poem presents a problem that the speaker cannot control?
19. Zig-zagging down the roadTrying not to stray over the center lineOr hit a curbOr break an axleOr flatten a tireOr wind up in the next surprise sinkhole.Driving in Toledo is not a sportFor the timid or the sane or the under-insured." This is an example of
20. A poetic beat using light and heavy stress patterns in words