Poetry Terms Quiz 362 (20 MCQs)

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1. Two words that have some sound in common but do not rhyme exactly
2. Unstressed syllables have more emphasis than stressed syllables.
3. Using the same words or phrases over and over
4. Rhyme that occurs within the same line in a poem or song lyrics
5. "The holy mountains flow up from the earth / The smoke of sacrifice flows up from the earth / The eagle and the wild swan fly up from the earth." ~~ MEDEA
6. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Marcello Maltese are examples of names with .....
7. A five line poem with rhymes in line 1, 2 and 5 and then another rhyme in lines 3 and 4 is known as a ..... (hint:usually humorous, quirky rhyme scheme)
8. "A piece of cake" "on the fence" "at the drop of a hat" are examples of
9. A pair of rhymed lines in a poem.
10. What words repeated in a poem?
11. Group of words arranged into a row
12. The snow is a white blanket is an example of a ..... ?
13. "the jet is screaming across the sky" is an example of what?
14. The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together. The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls.
15. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without connecting words (such as "like" or "as").
16. Ball/crawl is an example of:
17. The rhyme scheme of a limerick is .....
18. A cheap bench seat at a sports arena, typically in an outdoor uncovered stand.
19. .....sonnet is rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, gg
20. The speaker is: