Poetry Terms Quiz 481 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of a hyperbole?
2. Japanese nature poem, three lines in length; 17 syllables, 5-7-5
3. The ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral) are the .....
4. What is:a repeated phrase appearing word for word?
5. A pair of lines next to each other than rhyme are called a rhyming .....
6. The repetition of the first consonant sound in words
7. Refers to the voice that speaks the poem and is NOT usually the actual author of the poem; also known as a PERSONA (Latin for mask)
8. What is plagiarism?
9. Masculine rime
10. A reference to a famous person, place, event or other work of literature.
11. A stated comparison of two things using the words like or as
12. A reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature
13. Describes one thing as if it were something else
14. Is repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry
15. Repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end in the same consonant
16. Bitter or cutting speech, said with the intention to hurt
17. A metrical unit consisting of a pair of unstressed-stressed syllables
18. "If I can't get a smartphone, I will die!"
19. What kind of poem is the following example from Crossover? "The Red Rockets, defending county champions, are in the house tonight.They brought their whole school.This place is oozing crimsonThey're beating ustwenty-nine to twenty-eightwith less than a minute to go.I'm at the free-throw line.All I have to do is make both shotsto take the lead.The first is up, UP, and ..... CLANK! ..... hits the rim ..... "
20. A reference to another person, place or text