Poetry Terms Quiz 271 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. A syntactic pause within a poetic line
2. What is the correct term for the following definition? the words a writer uses to create images.
3. What is the repetition of consonant sounds in words? Example:Talia tutored Tiffany twice.
4. All about opposites! The poem combines opposites in a single, seven-line poem:the word of the last line is the opposite of the word of the first line. The lines in between describe either the starting word or its opposite.
5. The author uses words that appeal to the senses of sight, sound, taste, feel, etc to help you make a mental picture
6. Define Hyperbole
7. A run-on line of poetry where logical, grammatical sense carries over from 1 line to the next.
8. If you write an ....., you write a short note in a diary or book.
9. Haiku's original theme was:
10. It is a pattern in which the last words at the end of lines of poetry sound alike.
11. A humorous poem that has 5 lines, an "aabba" rhyming pattern, and a specific rhythm.
12. The use of any language element more than once
13. A group of poetic lines; corresponds to paragraphs in prose
14. Similar ending sounds between two or more words:
15. Open form means:
16. What vocabulary word means:Strong desire to achieve something usually requiring determination
17. A form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines that talk about natural imagery
18. A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as"
19. Close and ghost are an example of:So if I can't get close to youI'll settle for the ghost of you
20. A comparison between two unlike things