Poetry Terms Quiz 205 (20 MCQs)

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1. One who writes poetry
2. Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
3. A very old form of poetry which originated in Japan is called a ..... The poem is only three lines long and it does not rhyme. The syllables are in a pattern of 5-7-5 for each line.
4. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The use of words that imitate sound?
5. Pattern of end rhymes in a poem or stanza
6. A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.
7. All the meanings, associations or emotions that are attached to a word
8. Which term means using a part to refer to the whole or using the material to refer to the object?
9. The beat or flow of a poem
10. Nonsense words; specifically used for an occupation
11. A stanza made up of four lines is a .....
12. Which word is defined as "the message about life or human nature the author shares" ?
13. A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only, as in dry and died or grown and moon. Also known as half rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, and slant rhyme.
14. If two words ALMOST rhyme, it is called .....
15. Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Which statement best describes the theme of this poem?
16. What the speaker feels about the subject The word is .....
17. The writer of a poem is called ..... /El escritor de un poema se llama .....
18. This is the use of rhyming words within a line.
19. A set or group of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
20. I can't go to the game tonight due to the tons of homework my teacher assigned.