Poetry Terms Quiz 353 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... occurs when a line does not stop at the end of the line, but continues onto the next line without pause or punctuation.
2. The poetry term I know the best is .....
3. Which term refers to the purposeful breaking of lines to create shape and meaning?
4. Bam! Words that sound about the same as how you say them when you read them.
5. True or False:Hyperbole is an extreme understatement
6. Which line contains a simile? 1 I wandered lonely as a cloud 2 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 3 When all at once I saw a crowd, 4 A host, of golden daffodils; 5 Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 6 Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
7. Repetition of sounds at the ends of words (frog, dog, bog)
8. The rhyme scheme is the
9. Arrangement of incidents or events in a story
10. What is this:The students have a chip on their shoulder.
11. The author uses language that creates a picture and appeals to the senses. This is called
12. A process in which you look for things that are different.
13. ..... is a word or line that is repeated to create a certain effect.
14. Similar sounds (also called "slant rhyme")
15. A complete and detailed analysis of a work of literature, often word-by-word and line-by-line
16. What is "recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of verse" ?
17. A type of literature that creates an emotional response. Poets select and arrange specific language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm
18. A poem that presents the speech of one or more speakers in a dramatic situation
19. A 6 line stanza
20. A comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, or than.