Poetry Terms Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. A poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically
2. A line of poetry MUST be a complete sentence.
3. Rhyme in which the final accented vowel and all succeeding consonants or syllables are identical, while the preceding consonants are different. (I.E. A perfect rhyme) ("dog and hog"; "red and dead" . etc.)
4. References that trigger memories of something you may have heard, seen, smelled, etc .....
5. When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same .....
6. Referring metaphorically to persons, places, or things from history or previous literature
7. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
8. ..... a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as" .
9. The pattern of rhyming lines in a poem
10. An example of the term "repetition" is .....
11. An inference is .....
12. A comparison of two different things or ideas using the words "like" or "as"
13. What is the definition of alliteration?
14. The rhythmic pattern of a poem is .....
15. Someone who creates a play, author of a play.
16. The narrator or the voice of the poem.
17. The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard(Robert Frost, "Out, Out" )
18. A word that imitates the sound it represents
19. Poetry with no regular meter or rhyme
20. How a poem looks on a page