Poetry Terms Quiz 474 (20 MCQs)

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1. Is the repetition of ending syllable sounds
2. The repetition of same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
3. A seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true. Example: "I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born." Henry David Thoreau
4. The repetition of inner vowel (a-e-i-o-u) sounds in nearby words
5. The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
6. "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" is an example of ..... because it has repeated vowel sounds.
7. Narrative Free Verse Poem
8. This is the giving of human traits to nonhuman things.
9. What vocabulary word means:Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce to create something, cooperate on a project
10. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry
11. One thousand stampeding bison thundering across the plainsCouldn't drown out the sound of my heart beating for you. This is an example of
12. "Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard." This line has ..... in it.
13. Roses are Red, Violets are blue, My friend's name is Ted, and he is taller than you. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem above?
14. Words that seem to rhyme because they are spelled identically but pronounced differently. Example:bear/fear, dough/cough/through/bough
15. A brief, sometimes indirect, reference in a text to a person, place, or thing
16. The combination of assonance and consonance ..... The cat in the hat chased the rate.
17. Repeating the same sounds at the ends of words or lines
18. What word means having or ending with a sound that corresponds to another.
19. My brothers are stingrays, calm until provoked.
20. When a writer refers to another character, place, thing, or literary work is called .....