Poetry Terms Quiz 192 (20 MCQs)

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1. A group of related items in a poem is called what?
2. This is a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
3. The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.
4. A purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor
5. "Your adventure would have been a dusty death if I'd not saved you." ~~ MEDEA
6. Could be a word, a phrase, or even a sentence; a verse in a poem
7. Rhythmical pattern in a poem
8. When there is repetition of words with the same BEGINNING sounds, it is .....
9. How is a poem divided?
10. Is the following line a simile OR metaphor?"My mom has a heart of gold."
11. "The cold, wet rain came down in buckets and drenched my clothes." is an example of
12. Words spelled like they sound
13. Using the same word or phrase more than once for emphasis is .....
14. "An old silent pond ..... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again." What type of poem is shown above?
15. When abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are given human character, traits, abilities, or reactions
16. Feeling of a literary work
17. Ballad stanza
18. When words mean exactly what they say
19. An open form of poetry which does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
20. Who or what the poem is about.