Poetry Terms Quiz 81 (20 MCQs)

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1. Things are compared by stating that one thing is another.
2. The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables
3. Eagles=United Statesdove=peacered roses=lovelions=power and strengthThese are all examples of:
4. Repeated word or series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad.
5. Figurative
6. What figurative language device is usedin this sentence? Be ready when opportunity comes knocking at your door.
7. A figure of speech that offers and exaggerated or extravagant statement (that is not meant to be taken literally) in order to highlight a point is called .....
8. The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is .....
9. The use of a word or a phrase that actually imitates the sound it describes
10. "I think a storm is coming"is an example of .....
11. "CRASH!" is an example of .....
12. Which type of poetry avoids the use of regular rhyme, rhythm, meter, or division into stanzas
13. The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed syllables (blade, maze, take)
14. Physical structure of the poem; length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition
15. What is the definition of imagery in poetry?
16. A ..... is "a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word" .
17. Fairly self-explanatory-it's the process of repeating certain words or phrases.
18. The repetition of vowels sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables.
19. What is an idiom?
20. The repetition of consonant sounds within words