Poetry Terms Quiz 375 (20 MCQs)

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1. The direct meaning of a word, the dictionary definition
2. Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, / And burbled as it came!
3. A writer or speaker's attitude toward a subject
4. A reference to a statement, person, place or event from the past.
5. This poem contains many examples of:The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe "Oh, the bells, bells, bells!What a tale their terror tellsOf Despair!How they clang, and clash, and roar!What a horror they outpourOn the bosom of the palpitating air!Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows;Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling."
6. Repetition of words at the ends of consecutive lines or phrases
7. Sound and feel created by patterned syllables
8. Repetition in a poem refers to repeated .....
9. A comparison between two things that does NOT use any helping verbs
10. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "The leaves crunched under my feet as I walked through the woods."
11. Rhyme occurs within a single verse
12. A dove is a ..... of peace.
13. "Ten more steps. Eight. Seven. We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession. Only four more steps. Three. There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames" (31) What is the mood of this passage?
14. A common figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing
15. What is the feeling displayed by the author toward the subject of the poem?
16. There are two basic elements to form in poetry: ..... and .....
17. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"and"I have a million things to do today"Are examples of which type of figurative language
18. The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words
19. When determining the rhyme scheme of a poem or song, we generally use ..... to indicate the rhyme scheme.
20. The Following is an example of which Poetry Device:"I would walk a million miles to be at your side"