Poetry Terms Quiz 92 (20 MCQs)

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1. When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called
2. A form of poetry where a single speaker expresses his/her thoughts or feelings.
3. Define Assonance
4. "I must be cruel to be kind" is an example of .....
5. Exact time
6. The repeating of sound, words, phrases or lines in a poem used to emphasize an idea or convey a certain feeling.
7. A 5 line humorous poem with rhyme scheme AABBA
8. Characters, settings, images, or other things that stand in for bigger ideas beyond their literal meaning.
9. An implied analogy or comparison which is carried through a stanza or entire poem
10. The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem.
11. A figure of speech and form of irony in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement.
12. Stanzaic
13. Which word below rhymes exactly with the word "harm" ?
14. Figurative language is best defined as .....
15. Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
16. Matching of the final vowel or consonant sounds in 2 or more words in a line of poetry
17. Repeating ideas to emphasize a point or make you focus on a main idea. An example: "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there's a pair of us-don't tell! They'd banish us you know." from I'm nobody! Who are You?" by Emily Dickinson
18. Begins with several words with the same soundex) twisting trout twinkled in the twilight
19. "The people along the sand, All turn around and look one way. They turn their back on the band, They look at the sea all day" This is an example of
20. What is an onmatopoeia?