Poetry Terms Quiz 34 (20 MCQs)

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1. A humorous poem that contains 5 lines and rhyme scheme aabba.
2. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem, set apart by a line of space
3. This sentence appeals to which sense:The tree bark was rough against her skin.
4. The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds: "Thou still unravished bride of quietness, / Thou foster child of silence and slow time" ("Ode to a Grecian Urn, " John Keats).
5. The main unit of a poem
6. A series of lines grouped together in order to divide a poem. They look like little paragraphs.
7. The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words, as in tongue twisters
8. Carpe Diem
9. That spider was bigger than an entire mansion!
10. A limerick has how many lines?
11. Allusions are based primarily on
12. "So Eden sank to grief" is an example of .....
13. Sally had a smile that rivaled that of the Mona Lisa
14. A writing technique in which similar sounds at the beginning of words is repeated.
15. Which is the correct defintion end-stopped line?
16. The repetition of consonant sounds
17. A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem; usually after every stanza
18. What is the definition of a simile?
19. The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike sounds can appear anywhere in the word, but will usually be found at its end or middle, or at the end of the stressed syllable.
20. The author's attitude towards their piece of writing