Poetry Terms Quiz 385 (20 MCQs)

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1. A natural break or pause in a line of poetry, usually in the middle
2. Also called a "unit" of poetry, which of the following describes a collection of poetic lines?
3. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of wordsex. Moby moved mountains of maroon marmots.ex. She sells seashells by the seashore.
4. Which of the following answer choices is the most essential to a sonnet?
5. A word that sounds like what it means. Ex. buzz, click, bang, sizzle
6. ..... is poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.
7. Poetry that is defined by its lack of structure. It has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed lie length, or specific stanza pattern.
8. A row of words (just one line)
9. "HIgh as a kIte in the skY"is an example of
10. An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.
11. Use of language to evoke a picture or concrete sensation is .....
12. Five heavy beats per line
13. When two lines almost rhyme
14. Two rhyming words that are consecutive or very close together in a phrase or a line.
15. The writer's attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
16. Rhyming Couplets
17. What is the place where a poet decides to end a line of poetry?
18. A repeated phrase or line in a poem
19. The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of words (sing, fang)
20. Poem that tells a story