Poetry Terms Quiz 36 (20 MCQs)

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1. Choose the correct type offigurative language Greedy George gorged himself on ginormous grapefruits.
2. When an object or idea represents something else.
3. In a poem, a horizontal row of words is called a
4. What is form in poetry?
5. "The wooden canoe glided through the water like a knife in warm butter." is an example of
6. Language that is meant to be accepted in its basic form/the dictionary definition
7. What is a narrative poem?
8. A pair of two lines in a poem that contains end rhymes
9. "There was an Old Man with a beardWho said, "It is just as I feared!Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!"is an example of what kind of poem?
10. A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning; also referred to as a "run-on line."
11. The repetition of initial consonants.
12. Stanza with 5 lines
13. Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach. *What is the onomatopoeia?
14. A comparison of one thing to another using the connecting words like or as.
15. A Japanese lyric poem having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables; traditionally the topic of nature or the seasons
16. Delaney is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.
17. Sample
18. When a non-living object has been given qualities of a person
19. The pattern of rhyme between the lines of a poem or song is called .....
20. Bang! Whoah! Cowboy!