Poetry Terms Quiz 423 (20 MCQs)

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1. "The fire crackled and popped" is an example of .....
2. The box walked toward me.
3. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
4. Metaphor used throughout a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire work
5. The reversal of the normal word order of a sentence.
6. The main idea, topic or subject of a poem. A lesson is usually learned.
7. A chunk of text within a poem, like a paragraph in prose
8. A comparison of two unlike things that are basically unalike but do share some qualities in common.
9. "The plumbing took a maze of turns where even water got lost." is an example of:
10. In poetry, ..... is the way the words are arranged on the page
11. Emotional or figurative value
12. This is the underlying message that the writer or artist wants to convey.
13. A paragraph or chunk of poetry
14. A ..... is a comparison of two things stated as if it were fact.
15. The person whose point of view the poem is told from.
16. A repeated pattern of rhythm.
17. Poems that include the 5 elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, theme, point of view).
18. Repetition of words at the beginnings of consecutive lines or phrases
19. You must determine or ..... the correct answer.
20. Lines of a poem that are organized in units of meaning (like a paragraph)