Poetry Terms Quiz 58 (20 MCQs)

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1. The structure of a poem; the way its words and lines are arranged.
2. The vantage point of the speaker, or "teller" of the story or poem.
3. The fog is a cat/ sneaking upon the unaware city
4. Giving human qualities to non-living objects
5. I ..... my favorite poem and learned it by heart.
6. The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, written out as letters, such as AABB or ABAB.
7. Means extreme exaggeration
8. Form of Japanese poetry that consists of 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables
9. What word refers to the underlying message the author wants you to think about?
10. Eight lines are called?
11. A pair of rhyming lines is called a
12. Diction
13. A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.
14. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. What words rhyme?
15. What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
16. Dizzy David drew a dinosaur.
17. You see your best friend's girlfriend kissing someone else at snack. You walk to your next class and you see your best friend who says, "Hey man, I'm so excited to see my girl later on. I'm gonna ask her to Prom! Have you seen her today?"
18. What is the definition of rhyme?
19. The central message of a literary work ..... the universal meaning
20. What are the red letters an example of?The people along the sand (A)All turn and look one way. (B)They turn their back on the land. (A)They look at the sea all day. (B)As long as it takes to pass (C)A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)The wetter ground like glass (D)Reflects a standing gull. (D)