Poetry Terms Quiz 335 (20 MCQs)

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1. "All the world is a stage" is an example of a
2. ..... is the attitude the writer or the speaker takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.
3. An allusion is when an author refers to
4. The use of words that imitate the sounds they represent, adding auditory effects to a poem and helping to create a sensory experience for the reader
5. The use of words that imitate sounds.
6. What is an acrostic poem?
7. You are my sunshine.
8. The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect.
9. Describe one thing as if it were something else (does NOT use like or as)
10. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in words
11. When an object with its own value represents a larger concept or idea
12. A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables. The poem is three lines long. Line 1 is 5 syllables, line 2 is 7 syllables, and line 3 is 5 syllables. This type of poem does NOT rhyme.
13. What is the definition of a tone?
14. The voice that narrates a poem
15. Author varies word order for meaning and effect.
16. "There's a smell of damp hay, / of horses ..... " is imagery appealing to which of the five senses?
17. The tone and mood of a text can be very different
18. A piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life. Poetry emphasizes language's musical qualities.
19. Words that end with the same sounds
20. Words have the same ending sound.