Poetry Terms Quiz 305 (20 MCQs)

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1. Referring to a literary work without directly mentioning it.
2. A sequence of words printed as a separate entity on a page
3. A single verse in a poem is also called a .....
4. "I cried a river over you" is an example of .....
5. How many lines are in the following poem? "Risk" And then the day came, when the riskto remain tightin a budwas more painfulthan the riskit tookto blossom.
6. A genre that uses lines and stanzas
7. A type of alliteration where the 'S' sound is repeated is called
8. The way a reader uses changing voice pitch while reciting a poem
9. Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
10. What the poem is mostly about
11. What type of figurative language is the following: "Out of the huts of history's shame, I rise?"
12. (Note:stressed beats tend to be longer while unstressed beats are shorter) is a note from:
13. The descriptive words and phrases a writer uses to create sensory experiences is called:
14. A single line in a poem
15. Short, highly musical verse that converys powerful feelings
16. Alliteration refers to the repetition of ..... consonant sounds.
17. A message about life or human nature or experiences the poet wants to share with the reader.
18. The phrase "Hope is the thing with feathers" is an example of .....
19. The flowers tossed their heads at the calling of the wind.
20. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor"This is an example of .....