Poetry Terms Quiz 287 (20 MCQs)

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1. The rhyming pattern that is created at the end of lines of poetry
2. The occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words
3. How many lines does a haiku have?
4. ..... is when the audience or reader knows something that a character does not. In poetry, this is rare and complicated.
5. Any image or thing that stands for something else
6. The poet is the author and the speaker is the:
7. A description that activates any of the senses
8. What is free verse poetry?
9. What is a group of lines in poetry separated by spaces?
10. The reader can assume that the speaker of a poem is the poet.
11. Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. QUESTION:What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
12. "So I am proud only of those days that we pass in undivided tenderness ..... " is an example of:
13. Stanza with 6 lines
14. Create the poems shape. Includes line length, capital letters, stanza length.
15. End rhyme is .....
16. The making of pictures with words; language that appeals to the senses
17. Writing that expresses a feeling, idea, or story, by use of figurative language and sound devices
18. What are sensory details?
19. A line of poetry containing two metric feet
20. "There was an old man from Peru 2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe. 3.He awoke in a fright 4.In the middle of the night 5.And found it was perfectly true."