Poetry Terms Quiz 319 (20 MCQs)

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1. Rhyme that occurs within a line is:
2. The best definition for Assonance is .....
3. Boom! is an example of
4. The attitude the author takes towards a subject
5. A poem consisting of one octave and a sestet with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde
6. This is an unrhymed three line lyric poem usually focusing on nature; lines 1 and 3 have 5 syllables and line 2 has 7 syllables
7. The repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words in one line of poetry.
8. The subject of a poem .....
9. A writer's central idea or main message about life.
10. A form of poetry that tells a story is
11. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (such as "Mary baked more muffins than any other mom." )
12. "As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?
13. Which form of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
14. Repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
15. The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Dealing destruction's devastating doom.
16. The gap that separates stanzas.
17. The repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry known as a foot
18. An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually 4 or more, that sometimes have a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme is a:
19. Pleasant, harmonious sound
20. "The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me-" These lines are an example of ..... in the poem