Poetry Terms Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of poem is this an example of?
2. The gym is a freezer.
3. A very short and humorous or nonsensical poem with five lines.
4. A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
5. "Her ruby slippers glowed like embers in a fire" is an example of what figurative language?
6. An unrhymed form of poetry consisting of 5 prescribed lines.
7. What term is described as an object (living or nonliving) that represents or stands for something else?
8. All of the following are types of figurative language that might appear in a poem EXCEPT-
9. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?The one who brought me down to earth, And held me every day. The one who gracefully gave me birth, And said, I love you in every way.
10. A question that does not require an answer; the effect is achieved just by asking the question
11. Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings are .....
12. This is a repetition of consonant clusters, like "The snake slithered in the swamp."
13. Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse
14. Read the following text: "As the young mother faced off against the man who tried to stealher purse, she was a bear. He took one look in her eyes and quickly gave up."Which element of poetry did the poet use?
15. The best definition of a quatrain is .....
16. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
17. The attitude the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character:serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.
18. A term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without a punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.
19. The attitude of an author about a subject or an audience is called
20. "[Love] is the star to every wandering bark [ship]" is an example of a .....