Poetry Terms Quiz 346 (20 MCQs)

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1. A line of poetry containing one metrical foot
2. Rhyming that happens at the end of a line and uses a ABAB pattern is called-
3. Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
4. A couplet in which the second line relies on subsequent material for complete meaning is a(n) ..... couplet.
5. A lyric poem of fourteen lines, usully with a specific rhyme scheme. Typically the lines are divided into four stanzas. (the first 3 stanzas have 4 lines each and the last has 2 lines)
6. Using vivid words and descriptions to make a picture in a reader's mind
7. Comparison of things that have something in common using "like" or "as"
8. Sensory details
9. The use of like sounding words or word endings within lines of poetry
10. The purpose of poetry includes
11. A funny 5 line poem with AABBA rhyme scheme
12. The same letter or sound at the BEGINNING of the word.
13. A group of lines (a paragraph for poems)
14. 4 lines per stanza
15. The length of a line of poetry
16. Feeling literary work creates in its reader
17. Which word means a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as?
18. "Life is some kind of loathsome hag who is forever threatening to turn beautiful" is an example of .....
19. Bake, cake, take, rake
20. "And miles to go before I sleep / And miles to go before I sleep" is an example of: