Poetry Terms Quiz 42 (20 MCQs)

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1. What the character or narrator telling the story can see (his or her perspective).
2. A poem in which a poet "blacks out" parts of an existing text to create a new work
3. Which poetry term is being used in the following line:'Her eyes are as blue as the ocean.'?
4. A metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines is called .....
5. "Golden girl/ in a golden gown"
6. Lines that are repeated at intervals
7. What is a group of lines in a poem?
8. A long lyric poem, usually praising a person or a thing, and is written in dignified language.
9. A fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm
10. Select the correctly spelled Poetry term:
11. Writing in which words are arranged in a rhythmic pattern/meter (poetry)
12. A phrase or line repeated at specific moments within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza, to create emphasis. This is similar to the chorus of a song.
13. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration
14. The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together is
15. A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
16. Expressing meaning using language that signifies the opposite is known as:
17. ..... is the technique of giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.Example:The wind sang through the trees.
18. Words that sound like their meanings are called .....
19. The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds is
20. Expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings; highly musical