Poetry Terms Quiz 187 (20 MCQs)

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1. Figures of speech that are entirely exaggerated in order to make a point.
2. Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ....., ..... and .....
3. Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader
4. When the word is repeated at the end of the lines
5. U
6. Refers to words that rhyme at the ends of lines
7. Five pairs of iambs is called:
8. Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor. What type of sound device is used?
9. Comparing two unlike items using the verb "be" .
10. My dad knows everything about cars.
11. Characters, settings, images, extra. that stand in for bigger ideas.
12. I want to know how you skip across the stars and use the moon as a landing mat.
13. Using words that have a very similar ending sound.
14. The silence crept into the classroom.
15. Open secret / tragic comedy / original copies
16. A dove moved silently above the waves.
17. Language that just means exactly what the words mean is called
18. "Two little clouds one April day, Were floating by above the hay." What is this an example of?
19. Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation
20. A poem with six stanzas and six lines, and let's just say has a lot of magical sixes in it