Poetry Terms Quiz 399 (20 MCQs)

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1. Definition:refers to the mood implied by an author's word choice
2. Rat-a-tat-tat! BOOM! Whoosh! are examples of an .....
3. A complex lyric poem that develops a serious and dignified theme
4. Repeating of consonant sounds at the end of words
5. This is an example of:You are my sunshine.
6. When the speaker addresses an object, concept, or person (often absent) that is unable to respond
7. Read the following text."As the brand new father took one look at his beautiful newborn son, he couldfeel his heart overflowing with love. His soul turned into a mushy mess, his eyes filled with tears that overflowed and ran down his cheeks, and heknew that he would never be the same."What kind of poetry is this?
8. The following is an example of:The man had a plan to steal a fan.
9. The words on one line of a poem
10. I went to town to buy a gown.This is an example of .....
11. A poem that forms a picture of the topic
12. Prosody is
13. A group of lines in a poem, separated by space from other groups of lines, much like a paragraph in prose
14. A rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.
15. If you read the line, "And now I laid me down to sleep, " the word "sleep" is most likely a reference to death. What is this an example of?
16. Define rhyme scheme.
17. A quatrain is..... lines
18. A couplet is .....
19. The comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
20. (Similar to a sentence in an essay)