Poetry Terms Quiz 426 (20 MCQs)

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1. Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word. When a story is told from the perspective of one of the characters.
2. A poem that is not written in a particular rhyme, stanza, or form.
3. John is going to judge a juggling jamboree in July.
4. Four lines are called
5. A five-line poem with the rhyme scheme of AABBA. Lines 1, 2 and 5 have the same number of syllables (usually nine) and lines 3 and 4 are shorter. A limerick is funny and tends to have an unexpected ending
6. The repetition of an entire line or group of lines in a poem
7. Which type of poem has TWO lines that make up a stanza?
8. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using a phrase that includes the word like or as
9. Vivid description using the five senses
10. Candy is ..... she loves
11. The repetition of ending sounds
12. The systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, creating a rhythmic pattern
13. The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are near each other in poetry or in writing.
14. Which connotation is MORE negative? I didn't like the ..... on the jester's face.
15. The longest river in the world. It flows north from Uganda in East Africa through Sudan and Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea.
16. A special type of creative writing that doesn't usually follow a set of rules and is made up of stanzas and lines is called a-
17. Which sets of words are examples of onomatopoeia?
18. Poems are mostly made of .....
19. Poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm
20. What is the general term for methods like alliteration that are used by an author to emphasize specific sounds in poetry?