Poetry Terms Quiz 98 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which term refers to the type of poem, such as a haiku, limerick, or sonnet?
2. What is a near rhyme?
3. What term refers to the use of language that is deliberately ambiguous or unclear, often for comic effect?
4. Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song
5. Descriptive writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses
6. Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through a distinctive style that is often rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas
7. A word that is written and pronounced the same way as another, but which has a different meaning. An example:Lie (to say something untrue) Lie (to be in a horizontal position)
8. Haiku is a kind of..... poem.
9. Something that represents something else
10. A pattern of rhymes at the end of each line
11. A play on words (Example: "orange" you glad I didn't say banana?)
12. What is the definition of tone in poetry?
13. A longer form of poetry that tells an entire story, with a beginning, middle, and end
14. A writer or speaker's attitude toward his subject, audience, or himself.
15. Exaggeration that cannot be possibly true
16. Internal Rhyme is .....
17. A sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet's meditations upon death or another solemn theme.
18. Type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways.
19. Which type of poem has 3 lines, about nature, and has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
20. The chilling cold chopped him apart.This phrase is an example of all of these except: