Poetry Terms Quiz 74 (20 MCQs)

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1. 2 or more rhyming words occur within the same line, 2 or more rhyming words appear in the middle of 2 separate lines, or a word at the end of a line rhymes with 1 in the middle.
2. A word or phrase that names something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled.
3. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy."
4. A word that sounds like it means.
5. An intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis
6. "The wind was a gostly galleon ..... "This is an example of .....
7. What is the theme of a poem?
8. Poetry that is meant to be mostly for theater. It includes a person's specific situation.
9. Elements such as rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, and onomatopoeia-gives poetry a musical quality
10. When the lines do not have a rhyme scheme, a poem is considered to be this format.
11. A 17 syllable traditional Japanese spiritual poem, sturctured in a 5-7-5 line way.
12. An example of a simile is "limp as a noodle."
13. A GENRE THAT CAN BE FICTION OR NON-FICTION
14. A speaker in literature is .....
15. What is a syllable?
16. How the speaker of the poem feels about the subject is the
17. The author's use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind
18. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."
19. A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem
20. Which word is defined as "exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally" ?