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Poetry Terms

Quiz by Peter Guyon

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  • Q1
    What is the repetition of the beginning sound of two or more words in a sentence?
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    alliteration
    120s
  • Q2
    What is comparing two unlike things saying one thing IS the other?
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    metaphor
    personification
    simile
    hyperbole
    45s
  • Q3
    What is the term that means exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
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    consonance
    onomatopoeia
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    45s
  • Q4
    What is a group of lines (usually 4 or more)?
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    simile
    consonance
    rhyme scheme
    stanza
    45s
  • Q5
    What is the use of vivid description rich in sensory (touch, taste, smell, sight, sound) words to create a picture in a reader's mind?
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    imagery
    60s
  • Q6
    What is a phrase that compares two unlike things using like or as?
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    metaphor
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    simile
    45s
  • Q7
    What is the term that means giving human qualities or characteristics to something not human?
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    personification
    120s
  • Q8
    a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
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    rhythm
    hyperbole
    consonance
    simile
    45s
  • Q9
    the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, oink )
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    metaphor
    consonance
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
    45s
  • Q10
    the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
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    tone
    simile
    sensory details
    rhythm
    45s
  • Q11
    Writers use the five senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste) to engage a reader's interest. This is called .......
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    sensory details
    120s
  • Q12
    The narrator of a poem is called the .........
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    speaker
    60s
  • Q13
    The repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words, most often in the final syllables of lines in poems and songs
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    rhyme
    45s
  • Q14
    the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem
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    rhythm
    rhyme
    rime
    rhyme scheme
    45s
  • Q15
    something that represents something else
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    symbol
    metaphor
    simile
    imagery
    45s

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