Poetry Terms Quiz 367 (20 MCQs)

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1. The most important point in a line of poetry; the breath or pause at the end of each row of words; used along with or instead of punctuation marks, a line break is a deliberate choice by the poet and its use can affect a poem's sound, meaning, and appearance
2. My body breaks and it breaks and I do not.My body splits, and I make home around its borders.
3. To give human traits and characteristics to an animal, object, or idea.
4. A word that has the same spelling both forward and backward such as civic is known as
5. The way a poem is arranged on the page is called its
6. A figure of speech that is composed of exaggeration
7. Line of poetry with five sets of stressed and unstressed syllables, widely used by Shakespeare
8. The voice behind the poem
9. Which type of figurative language compares using "like" or "as" ?
10. A poem written to celebrate a wedding is a/an
11. Groups of words in a poem
12. Three-line verse form, seeks to convey a single vivid emotion by means of images from nature
13. Story told from a character not in the story
14. Giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.
15. A writer's attitude toward his/her subject
16. A word's literal, dictionary definition.
17. What is this an example of? "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you!"
18. A metaphor that extends over several lines or throughout an entire poem
19. The sound of a poem created by accented and unaccented syllables.
20. A situation that makes no logical sense is better known as a/an