Poetry Terms Quiz 177 (20 MCQs)

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1. Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, etc.
2. What is the pattern of repeated rhyming words in a poem called?
3. Of the 17 poems for the portfolio, how many must rhyme?
4. Oh baby, you wanna dance 'til the sunlight cracksis an example of .....
5. The same or similar sounds at the end of words.
6. The end of a line of poetry that coincides with the end of a thought.
7. Comparisons between unrelated things or ideas; metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole are all types of this.
8. The following is an example of which poetic device? "And so today, my world it smiles Your hand in mine, we walk the miles"
9. A section of a poem named for the quantity of lines it containsex. a haiku has ..... s of 3-lines each
10. A form of poetry that originated in Japan and uses three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
11. What are symbols used for in poetry?
12. What do we call the repetition of a vowel sound?
13. A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal or idea-
14. A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.
15. Repetition of vowel sounds with words in close proximity
16. A ..... is a direct comparison of unrelated things that uses 'like' or 'as.'
17. It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an ..... ?
18. "Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells." This line is an example of .....
19. What is the definition of symbolism in poetry?
20. A reference to something else