Poetry Terms Quiz 199 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an example of an idiom?
2. Her hair is like the golden sunshine.
3. Group of lines in a poem, is an alternative to a paragraph
4. Use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses
5. The exact meaning of what is said
6. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem.
7. Expresses writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized terms.
8. This is a transition in a story to a time in the past
9. Statistically, which grade or class has the best chance to be Tip-off Queen?
10. ..... uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
11. The intentional use of the same word or phrase two or more times. Draws the reader's attention to that particular word or phrase.
12. A famous poet who didn't use punctuation marks and often didn't capitalize letters.
13. What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?
14. What poetic device is used in 'The crazy lady is very lazy.'?
15. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
16. The fountain tossed its water, / Up and up
17. What figurative language is used in this sentence? "Theteenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off thesmoke detectors"
18. Pleasing sound caused by the repetition of similar consonant sounds within groups of words or a literary work
19. A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter.
20. Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry.