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Poetry Terms Quiz 329 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of a denotation?
2. When two or more words create a rhyme in the same line of a poem or verse
3. "I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse" is an example of:
4. Directions:Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. Paul Laurence Dunbar- "We Wear the Mask" We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, ..... This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with countless subtleties.Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, whileWe wear the mask.We smile, but, O great Christ, our criesTo thee from tortured souls arise.We sing, but oh the ground is vileBeneath our feet, and long the mile;But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask! #4 Why does the author include line 4 in the poem?
5. A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem; stanzas can have the same or different of these
6. The first letters in a line/verse spell a word if you read vertically
7. A stressed syllable followed two unstressed syllables, like "beautiful"
8. Exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work
9. The repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables
10. Words that sound a like
11. What is the repetition of vowel sounds?
12. The repeating of a consonant sound at the beginning, such as Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper, is called
13. A figure of speech in which an object, idea, or animal is given human qualities and attributes
14. What is the correct term for the following definition? A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
15. The most common type of meter in English poetry that has five iambic feet in each line.
16. A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their literal meaning
17. The message that the author wants the reader to learn
18. The repetition of the sound of a vowel in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the sound to be heard
19. "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man" is an example of which poetic device?
20. What is the tone?Grandma picked up the framed photo on the table. Lovingly, she traced the face of the young man in the picture that was taken long ago. A tear slid down her cheek.
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