Poetry Terms Quiz 207 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using words such as "like" or "as"
2. What are humorous, rhyming, 5-line poems with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme?
3. Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
4. What is the rhyme scheme for a limerick?
5. The person who is telling/delivering the poem; like the narrator (NOT the same as the poet/author)
6. AA BB AA CC is an example of
7. Use of a sound, word or phrase more than once
8. Buzz, Moo, Hiss, Boo
9. The use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss, " "buzz, " "slam, " and "boom."
10. What is a cinquain poem?
11. "silken, sad, uncertain, rustling ..... "
12. There are 14 lines in both Shakespearean and Italian Sonnets
13. The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to each other in a poem.
14. This sentence appeals to which sense:The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
15. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words.
16. ..... are comparisons using "like" or "as" . For example:The day was as cold as a wet blanket.
17. This school is an asylum.
18. The literary device which uses words that imitate the sound they are naming is known as .....
19. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
20. A poem's beauty created through its construction, words, and message is its: