Poetry Terms Quiz 20 (20 MCQs)

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1. The phrase below is an example of which type of figurative langauge?The markers tattooed an image of Kobe on my notebook.
2. Any writing that is not poetry
3. Sixteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets (set of three lines) and one quatrain (set of four lines). They use the rhyme scheme of ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABAA
4. What is the term for the use of words to create a picture in the reader's mind?
5. What is a rhyme scheme?
6. A poem that is shaped like a diamond, and the words describe opposite ideas.
7. Figurative language used to appeal to the five senses and create an image in the reader's mind is known as "imagery" .
8. A pair of lines that rhyme
9. A word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse
10. Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
11. The pattern of rhyme that happens at the end of each line
12. A poem with no set rhythm or rhyme
13. The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line or verse
14. ..... is to say the opposite of what you mean. Its goal is to be figurative-to say more than it seems.
15. How many lines should a quatrain have?
16. Comparing two things using like or as
17. Metaphors
18. "a pointless point of view; bittersweet" is an example of:
19. Octave
20. Which one is the correct answer?