Poetry Terms Quiz 312 (20 MCQs)

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1. Rhyming that occurs within one line of poetry
2. A word inside a line of poetry rhymes with another word in the same line
3. Using the word childish versus youthful. They both have the same definition in the dictionary but we get a different "feel" from each word. This "feel" is an example of:
4. A comparison made using the words "like" or "as"
5. A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words
6. Poetic Foot:
7. What is the purpose of concrete poetry?
8. Life is a highway.
9. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse, is an example of what?
10. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art outside of the text itself.
11. Which of these is a metaphor?
12. Lines repeated regularly in a poem
13. Is an alternative to a literal meaning, this is used to create imagery
14. The repetition of vowel sounds at any place in a series of words
15. Which animal symbolizes wisdom and knowledge?
16. A word that imitates the sound it describes
17. Giving human qualities to nonliving things
18. Hit and put.A partial or imperfect rhyme. The vowel sounds in half rhymes are usually not identical. ("worm" and "swarm" or "blood" and "brood.")
19. When poets carry a metaphor over several lines or throughout an entire poem
20. This poem is in iambic pentameter but has no rhyme.