Poetry Terms Quiz 365 (20 MCQs)

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1. 'I tire of writing poems and rhyme I think I need vacation time'Is an example of .....
2. How many actual days of vacation do we get at Thanksgiving?
3. A word that describes a sound
4. Direct address to an absent or otherwise unresponsive entity (someone or something dead, imaginary, abstract, or inanimate).
5. Giving things that are not human, the personalities or actions of humans
6. The difference between mood and tone is .....
7. Tom talked to Teddy today.
8. A writer's choice of words; choosing words with precise denotations and connotations
9. Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses
10. Which type of writing is written in paragraphs?
11. The syllables for a haiku follow the pattern
12. What type of figurative language is the following? "When I pray the sun won't devour your northbound steps."
13. It is the use of rhyming words at the end of two or more lines of poetry.
14. McDonald's is an inexpensive meal. If you change the word inexpensive to cheap, the word now has a ..... connotation.
15. A literary form that combines the precise meanings of words with their emotional associations. When you read poetry, consider the poem's voice, structure, and sound.
16. What is a comparison of two things. Does NOT use like or as. Ex:She was a robot at work.
17. A term used in poetry to refer to lines that end without punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.
18. A narrative poem composed of quatrains (iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter) rhyming a-b-a-b. Ballads may use refrains. Examples: "Jackaroe, " "The Long Black Veil"
19. When the opposite of what you expect happens. For example:A mechanic whose car is falling apart
20. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.