Poetry Terms Quiz 97 (20 MCQs)

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1. The way a poem is laid out on a page is called .....
2. Comparison not using like or as
3. What uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike things?
4. Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
5. "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August." This is an example of:
6. Long narrative poems, originally passed down by word of mouth, that tell about heroes who embody the values of the culture recounting the tale
7. A short, humorous poem made up of five lines. It usually has the rhyme scheme aabba created by two rhyming couplets followed by a fifth line that rhymes with the first couplet. Limericks are usually known for their sing-song rhythm.
8. When an author uses obvious exaggeration
9. Something that means more than what it is.
10. The old grey backpack had only one strap, and that strap was frayed and falling apart. There were scrapes on the side from being dropped and kicked and shoved around. There was still a red stain on the side from a Gatorade spill.
11. She is my sun and my moon
12. The use of the part for the whole
13. In poetry what is ONOMATOPOEIA?
14. Where does internal rhyme occur?
15. A type of poem that deals with serious themes and is often dedicated to someone or something
16. When a non-living object is given qualities and abilities of people
17. An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point
18. What is poetic structure?
19. A stanza in a poem is similar to a ..... in a story.
20. A reference to a different work