Poetry Terms Quiz 295 (20 MCQs)

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1. A poem's theme is .....
2. Tahquamenon FallsWater rushing, gushing, pushingpast the limits of the edge.Water barrels off the ledge, whipping up the bottom sludge, makes the water look like fudge, growling with a freight train's roar, wildly rushes out some more. This is an example of
3. What do we call the pattern of stresses or beats in written language?
4. What is the definition of audience?
5. Sensory language that creates word pictures in readers' minds The word is .....
6. A group of lines in a poem or song is called
7. Comparison between two unlike things using "like", "as", "than", or "resembles"
8. The bright red and yellow explosions of fireworks bloomed in the night as the BOOM deafened the crowd. The smell of gunpowder drifted through the air and mixed with the smells of BBQ and fresh cut grass.
9. The repetition of a vowel sounds within a word such as Minnesota and finish
10. Which is the correct defintion of blank verse?
11. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation.
12. The way the poet feels about the subject of his or her work is called-
13. Words that sound alike
14. A rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse
15. Line or lines in a poem that are repeated at the end of a stanza
16. Poetry that lacks a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
17. The person or narrator telling the story
18. "There are a ton of similes in the poem." This is an example of .....
19. Describing an inanimate object, abstract thing, or non-human animal in human terms
20. What is a common theme in haiku?