Poetry Terms Quiz 185 (20 MCQs)

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1. When rhyming words are at the ends of lines
2. My sister is a sloth in the morning. Is this an example of
3. The correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, especially when these words are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
4. "Pop!" and "Splat!" are examples of-
5. What is the definition of free verse?
6. A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
7. A comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use "like" or "as"
8. What is "the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse" ?
9. The candle flame danced in the dark.
10. A poem with a lack of strict structure; no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length or stanza pattern
11. A pattern of end rhymes (words at the end of a line) in a poem.
12. ..... refers to an author's attitude toward the subject matter.
13. What is "lyrical poetry" ?
14. A direct comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as is called .....
15. The main idea of a poem. What does the author want you to learn?
16. The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry and gives rhythm and regularity to a poem.
17. Which type of figurative language gives a passing reference to another idea, work of art, or popular text?
18. This is exaggeration. I was so happy, I was ten feet tall.
19. What does the term paraphrase mean?
20. Which type of poem is a highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of a speaker