Poetry Terms Quiz 373 (20 MCQs)

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1. An unrhymed poem consisting of three lines, with each line having a 5-, 7-, 5-syllable pattern.
2. A stanza made up of two lines is called .....
3. True or false:Rhyme only happens with ending consonant sounds and not ending vowel sounds.
4. A reader's written comments on a poem
5. "I just got a new set of wheels"If someone used this phrase to describe getting a new car, what kind of figurative language are they using?
6. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem
7. The word choice of the author.
8. The way a poems words and lines are laid out on the page
9. An exaggeration
10. A comparison of two totally different things that does not use like or as
11. She is as mean as a snake!
12. Who has a chance of winning the NBA championship this year?
13. Very short poem of Japanese origin; has 17 syllables total:5, 7, 5
14. A suggested meaning
15. The pattern of rhyming.
16. The many uses of the phrase "Nevermore" at the end of lines in Edgar Alan Poe's "The Raven" is an example of .....
17. ..... refers to words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses.
18. Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.
19. This is repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.
20. To find the meter of a poem you find its: