Poetry Terms Quiz 262 (20 MCQs)

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1. A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT include words "like" or "as" .
2. A blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem.
3. Hark, hark!Bow-wow.The watch-dogs bark!Bow-wow.Hark, hark! I hearThe strain of strutting chanticleerCry, 'cock-a-diddle-dow!'
4. Hyme that happens on a stressed syllable at the end of the line (more common) I try to rhymeall the time
5. A group of lines; similar to a PARAGRAPH in prose
6. Recurring theme, pattern, or idea throughout a long poem or series of poems
7. This compares two apparently inline things without the use of a connecting word.
8. One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern.
9. Poems that use the physical form and layout of the poem to help the reader understand the subject are (a)
10. What is this an example of? I love hearing the waves crash and feeling the soft sand at the beach.
11. (Similar to the repeated sounds in a song)
12. "Buzz-says the great buzzing bee."
13. Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words
14. Which of these words is an "adjective?"
15. Excessive pride and arrogance
16. Literature that is not poetry; ex:most essays, short stories, novels, and plays
17. Addressing someone absent or dead or nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and could reply.
18. "She smells as sweet as a rose" is an example of
19. A stanza or poem that contains 8 lines
20. Which term means:a short poem of songlike quality