Poetry Terms Quiz 477 (20 MCQs)

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1. An indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place or event.
2. He was ..... to go swimming
3. A rhythmic pattern of stressed-unstressed syllables
4. Repeating vowel sounds in nearby words
5. ..... is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
6. Poetry that uses a strict meter (a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables) and a strict rhyme scheme
7. The rhythmic pattern established by stresses or beat within each line of a poem.
8. What is the definition of the term:Perfect Rhyme?
9. Which word is considered figurative language?
10. A type of free verse poem where the first letter of each line, read down the page, spells the subject of them poem
11. The emotion in the poem created by the poet and also what the reader feels while reading the poem
12. 3-line Japanese verse; 5-7-5 pattern
13. A direct comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."
14. Divisions of a poem
15. A sentence of a poem
16. Stylistic device in which the repeated vowel sound to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences
17. What type of poetry has no pattern?
18. What is the term for the main idea or message of a poem?
19. The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words
20. In poetry, a stanza is like a ..... in prose.