Poetry Terms Quiz 388 (20 MCQs)

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1. The way in which a poem is written. These can vary in length.
2. A type of poem that is set to music or tells a story of tragedy of adventure
3. Metaphor:elements are incongruent or contradictory, usually fantastical/absurd ex) dog pulled in its horns
4. The letters you often see at the end of poems to identify patterns refers to the .....
5. Cinquain, free verse, haiku, ballad, limerick, sonnet, ode etc.
6. What type of figurative language is shown?The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky.
7. Skies are cryingI am watchingCatching tear drops in my handsis an example of .....
8. Refers to the pattern of words and silence within a poem; it's "beat"
9. A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally
10. ..... is defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter.
11. The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of each line, labeled with an uppercase letter.
12. Which poetry term is being used in the following line:'Buzz, hiss, pop'?
13. Groups of lines
14. A long poem with a serious theme usually written to honor people or events
15. How many steps in Mr. Voyak's study plan?
16. What term means:a narrative poem of popular origin
17. The speaker or narrator of a poem who is doing the talking-often not the poet
18. How are stanzas separated?
19. An important message or lesson that an author wants to share either implicitly or explicitly about people or life
20. Which device is used in each example below?Good as goldBusy beeLiving the life