Poetry Terms Quiz 28 (20 MCQs)

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1. A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is similar to another is called?For example, "Life is like a box of chocolates"
2. When the first sound of a word is repeated in one line of a poem
3. What type of figurative language is this statement:This bag weighs a ton.
4. A recognizable pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress
5. A repetition of the same/similar sounds at the ends of lines are .....
6. Sounds for a soft, smooth, pleasant effect
7. The poem is about a chicken who doesn't want to hatch
8. The pattern of rhyme in a poem
9. Simile or Metaphor? He spit out his teeth like stones.
10. Which of these is not an example of figurative language?
11. Repetition of a vowel sound at the beginning of words used closely to one another
12. "The snow was a white blanket over the yard" is an example of what?
13. The distinctive way the words are arranged on the page
14. A basic unit of a line of poetry, usually comprised of two syllables, is called this:
15. A metaphor that last more than a few lines and keeps being expanded on.
16. "One of the fish took fire / and burned in the basket with a high flame" ~~ as the fish represents the princess in MEDEA
17. Repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END of at least two words in a line of poetry.
18. This type of narrative poetry was originally meant to be sung or recited.
19. Combination of two poems with alternating lines, usually involving a comparison or conversation
20. Couplet-two lines; triplet-three line; quatrain-four lines; cinquain-five lines