Poetry Terms Quiz 294 (20 MCQs)

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1. This word describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem-the "beat."
2. This is when you read a poem and put its meaning into your own words
3. Popular sayings that cannot be understood on their own.
4. One single line of text in a poem.
5. The use of a symbol to represent something other than itself Creates a mood or strong feelings to help the reader understand
6. A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
7. "I ask them to take a poem."What poetic term is being shown here?
8. What type of figurative language is shown? She is so smart. She is a walking dictionary.
9. What is an ode?
10. Using like or as.
11. End-stopped line
12. A particular grouping of lines in a poem-also called a verse.
13. A form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and a plot
14. In poetry, a STANZA is .....
15. Which of the following terms means: "A group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit. A poetic paragraph."
16. Which poetry term can be found in the following example? Lovely Linda likes lazy lizards.
17. The narrator of a poem (character/person telling the poem; not always the author).
18. Rhyme that does not match exactly (love/prove)
19. Specific arrangement of a poem that includes lines and stanzas
20. A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.