Poetry Terms Quiz 485 (20 MCQs)

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1. A form of poetry, usually suitable for singing, that tells a story in stanzas of two or four lines
2. Words that rhyme in the SAME line
3. In poetry, the pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a poem.
4. How do you find the rhyme scheme of a poem?
5. Repetition of the same beginning sound of words
6. A comparison using like or as is:
7. "Love is a burning candle"
8. Tools used by poets to appeal to the reader's ears as they read poems. Example:alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm
9. Poem whose form suggests the content
10. What is a common theme for Haikus?
11. A humorous poem that is three long and two short lines that rhyme in the AABBA pattern.
12. A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
13. Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is .....
14. Giving human qualities to an object or abstract idea
15. What is a "definite beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables" ?
16. Alliteration is a form of ..... ; in this case, what we are repeating are sounds.
17. Which describes a haiku?
18. What type of figurative language is shown? Her smile was as bright as sunshine.
19. The following is an example of what:My chores were a mountain waiting to be climbed
20. A verse with irregular metrical pattern and length. Not a traditional poem.