Poetry Terms Quiz 394 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
2. Pattern of like-sounding words through a whole poem (example:aabca)
3. A grouped set of lines within a poem, usually separated by a blank line is known as a what?
4. An extreme exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally.
5. The following poem is an example of what poetic term? My beard grows to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes.
6. A figure of speech that indirectly compares one thing to another and uses the word like or as in order to do so
7. The form in which poems are written
8. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:metaphor
9. An expressed comparison of unlike things
10. A series of word with the same beginning sound
11. What is the definition for lines in poetry?
12. "As Abdi and Brayson set up their tent, they noticed storm clouds in the distance." This is an example of .....
13. Which term means a comparison between two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other?
14. Which term describes the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem?
15. The pattern of beats (unaccented or accented stresses) in a poem is called its:
16. A tercet has ..... lines.
17. A word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself is known as ..... ?
18. A short Japanese poem in three lines containing 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the last line
19. ..... is the use of words to create pictures, or images to paint a picture in the readers mind.Appeals to the 5 senses (sight, touch, sound, smell, taste)
20. "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course, That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed." ..... Theme Song from Mr. Ed, television show