Poetry Terms Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. Rhythm and rhyme both focus on.....
2. An exaggeration that is used for an effect is called a(n) .....
3. It is an exaggerated statement.
4. What literary device is this?A family is like a circle.The connection never ends, and even if at times it breaks, in time it always mends.
5. Repeating an initial consonant sound
6. What is the Moral or ..... of the story?
7. What is the definition of rhythm in poetry?
8. What are consonant sounds?
9. True or false:A haiku is a Japanese style poem written in three lines, focuses traditionally on nature themes, and has a pattern of 5 words, 7 words, 5 words
10. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
11. Haikus are?
12. A device that compares things using the words 'like' or 'as'
13. Compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as"
14. A strong or accented syllable
15. Carefully chosen words help the reader feel emotion.
16. This is something concrete that represents and idea, feeling, or emotion.
17. A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the terms 'like' or 'as'
18. Which is NOT true of free verse?
19. Which is an example of a simile?
20. Relying on humor or satire, a three-line poem with five-seven-five syllable lines is a/an