Poetry Terms Quiz 244 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the narrator of a poem called?
2. Fire Snaps, Crackles & Pops Doug Allen's family groaned when he made a corny joke during a marshmallow roast on Saturday night. "This fire sounds like my cereal, " Mr. Allen offered. After no one showed any curiosity, Mr. Allen finished the joke by noting that the fire snapped, crackled, and popped. To make things even worse, Mr. Allen asked his family if they got the joke when the punch line failed to produce a laugh. What type of figurative language is used?
3. This is an example of:The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the pop corn was popping.
4. When reading a poem you should take a breath at the end of each line
5. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry.
6. Which couplet shows an AABB pattern
7. When most words in a phrase have the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of the word
8. What is the correct spelling of the word that means descriptions that appeal to the five senses.
9. He passed away
10. "The Highwayman" is an example of a
11. A group of lines in a poem are called a .....
12. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a humorous, rhyming five line poems with a specific rhyme pattern and rhyme scheme.
13. "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is an example of
14. When a person, place, thing or event has meaning in itself and also represents, or stands for something else
15. When there are five feet in a poem's rhythmic meter
16. What is a sound device characterized by the repetition of consonant sounds?
17. A word, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward and forward. The words "civic" and "level" are palindromes, as is the phrase "A man, a plan, a canal-Panama." The reversal can be word by word as well, as in "fall leaves when leaves fall."
18. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Why are teddy bears never hungry? They are always stuffed!
19. The central idea, topic, or didactic quality of a work
20. ..... is a brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe or explain the person or thing to which it refers.