Poetry Terms Quiz 256 (20 MCQs)

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1. A group of two or more lines in a poem linked by length, meter, rhymescheme, or thought.
2. Compares 2 unlike things using like or as
3. A pattern in a line consisting of one accented syllable and one unaccented syllable
4. A work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
5. Which of the following can be described as a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of 5-7-5, and traditionally about nature?
6. A comparison that gives human qualities to an object, animal, idea, or phenomenon
7. Poetry that does not rhyme or have rhythm
8. "Benzema is on cloud nine after winning the match" is a(n) .....
9. Sets the pace of the poem
10. A comparison of 2 things using "like" or "as."
11. Two lines of poetry that stand alone or apart from the rest of the poem. Often these two lines will rhyme and have the same meter, but not always.
12. "The face of nature is flawed with omens." ~~ MEDEA
13. Which figurative device compares two seemingly unlike things?
14. Consonance is the repetition of the same consonant or consonant pattern two or more times in short succession.
15. His new car was as fast as my dad's truck.
16. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem extract 'My Phone'?
17. Shifts in poems are similar to the climax in a story because
18. Doesn't follow regular meterical patterns
19. The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song
20. Rhyming that occurs at the end of lines of poetry.