Poetry Terms Quiz 32 (20 MCQs)

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1. The use of any element of language ..... a sound, word, phrase or sentence-used more than once.
2. A writing technique in which a word or phrase is repeated
3. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
4. The creating and artistic intelligence that we recognize behind any speaker
5. Descriptive words or phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader.
6. An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally
7. This is the use of words to imitate sounds
8. Is this line written in iambic pentameter? One must have a mind of winter
9. An ..... means a poem says less than it means. It can sometimes coexist with verbal irony.
10. The repetition of a consonant sound at any place in a series of words.
11. "O my Love is like a red, red rose" is an example of
12. The author's use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind is called .....
13. What is an example of a hyperbole?
14. Symbol
15. A direct comparison of two UNLIKE things. (Ex. All the world's a stage, and we are merely players" or "His tears were a river flowing from her cheeks"
16. AABBCC
17. What is the imaginary voice or character telling the poem?
18. The child was not ready to hit the hay.
19. Poems that follow rules for lines, stanzas, rhythm, and rhyme.
20. Comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as