Poetry Terms Quiz 498 (20 MCQs)

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1. A ..... girl was crowned Tip-off queen in 2020.
2. Reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong
3. Explicit means.....
4. The opposite meaning of what is intended
5. You should ALWAYS pause at a comma when reading.
6. Poetry not written in traditional meter but still rhythmical
7. Author's attitude towards a subject is called the ....., and the overall feeling a piece of literature creates is its .....
8. The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured. Usually consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables.
9. A person, place, thing, or idea within a poem that means something in addition to itself
10. A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives the poetry a rhythmic quality
11. Graphical Elements
12. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses?
13. The rhythmical arrangement of syllables into verses or stanzas.
14. Choose the word with the more POSITIVE (+) connotation.
15. ..... is the use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once.
16. (The rock cried out in fear. Her chair squealed in agony.)
17. Words that evoke pictures and trigger the mind's memories of sight (visual), sounds (auditory), tastes (gustatory), smells (olfactory), and sensations of touch (tactile).
18. A 17 syllable, three line, unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature.
19. A word that sounds like its meaning, or mimics the sound Creates a visual image
20. Calypso, the loveliest among goddessesThe phrase above is an example of a .....