Poetry Terms Quiz 414 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as." Ex:Love is like a battlefield.
2. A stated comparison of two things not using the words like or as
3. Attitude a write takes toward a subject
4. "To be or not to be-that is the question"The pause that happens in the middle of this famous Shakespeare line is considered which structure of poetry?
5. A Haiku is a Japanese poem.
6. What do we call a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, attitudes, or characteristics?
7. Words that kind of rhyme, but not perfectly.
8. The repetition of words or phrases to emphasize an idea is called
9. Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants as in "blade" and "maze"
10. What word refers to representing one person, object, or idea by using something else?
11. Marjorie is as quiet as a mouse
12. A funny poem with 5 lines.
13. What is this an example of: "To Tony's Pizza I went / Many dollars I spent."
14. Exaggerating something more than it is.
15. The race car driver got a ticket for driving too slowly on the freeway. This is an example of .....
16. The "beat" or the regular pattern of sounds found in some poems
17. A group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.
18. Stanza of 4 lines with alternating rhymes
19. Poetry that doesn't have any regular meter or rhyme scheme
20. The band played as loud as a sonic boom.