Poetry Terms Quiz 324 (20 MCQs)

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1. Analysis of line length, broken up into syllabic "feet"
2. Genre; creative text written in verse, meter; uses creative, figurative and sensory language
3. A phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout the poem is called a .....
4. To make reference to something else in history, society, or literature.
5. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmthand green and life.It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmthuntil it sang of joyand love and life.How many stanzas does the poem have above?
6. True or False:an ANECDOTE is a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh
7. ..... is the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
8. What is:a question that the author poses that is not meant to be answered aloud?
9. When a poem has lines ending in words that rhyme.
10. A lyrical poem.....
11. Which of the following is NOT a type of poem?
12. What does alliteration mean? Some examples of alliteration is:friendly face; hurt horse; cool cat; slithering snakes
13. The central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action
14. The sad student sat silently in the room.
15. Using words or phrases that could have more than one meaning.
16. A lyric poem that addresses a particular subject and is written in varied or irregular meter.
17. What is the sound and meaning of words that are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas?
18. A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.
19. Repetition of beginning sounds is called .....
20. Which term means:a Japanese verse form of 5 lines with 5 or 7 syllables