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Poetry Terms Quiz 348 (20 MCQs)

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1. A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.
2. What is the correct term for the following definition? This is language that appeals to the senses; it helps us see, smell, and feel the scene.
3. A sound device commonly associated with poetry
4. Extreme exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
5. What has no fixed rhyme but has a consistent meter
6. 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 lines does the poem have above?
7. Last night, while I lay thinking here, Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I'm dumb in school?Whatif they've closed the swimming pool ..... What do you notice being used here?
8. What is the purpose of using metaphors in poetry?
9. A short group of words, usually not a sentence EX: "down the road"
10. What is a poem's stanza?
11. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Snow makes whiteness where it falls.The bushes look like popcorn balls.And places where I always play, Look like somewhere else today. By Marie Louise Allen
12. The voice that speaks the words of a poem, not necessarily the same person as the poet
13. A strong pause within a line of verse (usually marked by punctuation)
14. ..... is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem.
15. Which poetry term is being used in the following line:'The wind whispered through the trees.'?
16. An exact rhyme (rather than rhyming vowel sounds, as with assonance) within a line of poetry: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
17. "Three gray geese in a green field" is an example of
18. ..... is a PATTERN of stressed and unstressed syllables.
19. What is this an example of? I have 18 hours of homework tonight.
20. Reference to history, movies, books, characters, to make a point.
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