Poetry Terms Quiz 40 (20 MCQs)

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1. A pattern of rhyme in a poem. The last word of each line
2. Words or phrases repeated for emphasis.
3. What is an hyperbole?
4. What has a rhyme scheme and consistent meter
5. Repetition of the first consonant sound
6. Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a group of words
7. What is a literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables? It is like the beat in a poem.
8. A figure of speech in which something in is named or described as if it were something quite different.
9. The repetition of sounds at the end of lines
10. A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
11. This is a comparison using the words "like" or "as" .
12. Is the repetition of initial sounds of words. "The slippery snake slithered slowly" is a sentence that uses alliteration.
13. The pattern of long, short, stressed, and unstressed syllables in writing.
14. Form of poetry that follows fixed rules like specific number of lines, has a regular pattern and rhyme
15. A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.
16. The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning.
17. JUXTAPOSITION
18. Idioms
19. Repetition of similar vowel sounds
20. The rhyme scheme which features two rhyming lines of poetry is called: