Poetry Terms Quiz 217 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common. Does not contain the words like or as.
2. A figure of speech wherein a part of a thing is employed to suggest the whole or a layer concept is used to suggest something specific
3. Poetry that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story. These poems are usually short and imply (as opposed to stating) a strong emotion or idea.
4. Antithesis
5. Rhyming of two words within the same line of poetry
6. Definition:emotions or feelings the reader feels
7. Facebook "Friends" Are Like Crayons Judy Reynolds had been looking forward to catching up with her old friends when she first signed up for a Facebook account, but she was ultimately disappointed by the experience. "Facebook friends are like crayons, " Reynolds said after deactivating her account. "They're exciting when they're new, but they can get dull very quickly." Ms. Reynolds claims to have no interest in looking at pictures of what people had for dinner, and she has better things to do than to respond to invitations to play online games. What type of figurative language is used?
8. A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.
9. Two lines of poetry that usually rhyme
10. The overlapping or mixing of opposite or different situations, characters, settings, moods, or points of view in order to clarify meaning, purpose, or character, or to heighten certain moods, especially humour, horror, and suspense
11. A lyric poem that is fourteen lines long and usually has a particular type of meter
12. What uses rhyming words at the end of two lines next to each other?
13. A direct comparison between two unlike things
14. The rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables
15. It is a poem for the dead.
16. What is the meaning of mood in poetry?
17. The way you feel when you read a text
18. A combination of contradictory words or phrases continued in a single expression.
19. I am as hungry as a bear!
20. A style of Poetry that follows no rules