Poetry Terms Quiz 445 (20 MCQs)

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1. Repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in the word.
2. The author's attitude toward writing
3. Today is very boring, it's a very boring day, there is nothing much to look at, there is nothing much to say. There's a peacock on my sneakers, there's a penguin on my head, there's a dormouse on my doorstep; I am going back to bed.
4. Use of words that imitate sounds
5. What is Ms. Cattell's favorite animal at the moment? Hint:Jack likes this animal too even though he denies it.
6. Anything that is not poetry is called
7. Literal or dictionary definition of a word
8. When human qualities are given to nonhuman things.
9. Three meters
10. Using humans qualities to describe nonhuman things.
11. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art is
12. Love is like a roseSometimes it dies, sometimes it growsBreak-ups are a lot like waterWhen they're ice coldthey are always harder
13. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG This is an example of a .....
14. "I love this game like the winter loves snow"
15. A longer direct comparison
16. How a text is organized
17. A figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined is known as .....
18. The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line is
19. Poem that expresses the speaker's personal thoughts or feelings
20. Repetition of vowel sounds in words