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Poetry Terms Quiz 469 (20 MCQs)

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1. Fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different
2. Why does an author use symbolism in their literary piece?
3. Repeating of vowel sounds in consecutive words or phrases
4. In the movie, The DaVinci Code, behind The Mona Lisa, they find the phrase "so dark the con of man" . By re-arranging the letters, they came up with "Madonna of the Rocks", another of Da Vinci's paintings. This is an example of an .....
5. Literature in which words are chosen and arranged in specific ways to create an effect
6. Brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, movement
7. Repitition of similar sounds is
8. The snow is a white blanket. He is a shining star. Her long hair was a flowing golden river are examples of .....
9. THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells Ex:friendship, bravery, courage
10. The use of words to express a meaning that is the opposite of what is said.
11. A lyric poem of fourteen lines. Typically the lines are divided into four stanzas. (the first 3 stanzas have 4 lines each and the last has 2 lines)
12. What is an example of a simile?
13. An object, person, or place used to represent something else.
14. Indicates that the writer wants the reader to pause
15. Main idea
16. Pattern of beats (stresses) in spoken or written language
17. Which is the best example of imagery?
18. Long, often book length, narrative, in verse that retells the heroic journey of a single person, such as Beowulf or Homer's The Odyssey
19. A poem that is meant to be sung; tells a story (often sad); has a refrain and simple rhyme scheme
20. Lines of a poem that are organized in a group
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