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Literary Terms & Poetry Devices
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1
What is known as repeating an internal vowel sound?
assonance
consonance
alliteration
onomatopoeia
2
What is
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
called?
stanza
haiku
couplet
line
3
Which type of rhyme is formed by words with similar but not identical sounds?
slant rhyme
syllables
end rhyme
free verse
4
What is a five line stanza called?
quatrain
couplet
cinquain
stanza
5
A
gross exaggeration
is known as what in literature?
mood
limerick
hyperbole
personification
6
What term do literary people use to refer to the
rhythm established by a poem
?
scanning
stanza
meter
repetition
7
What type of rhyme is it when
the last syllables within a verse rhyme
?
near rhyme
end rhyme
free verse
slant rhyme
8
Define
personification
.
forming a word from a sound associated with what is named
giving human characteristics to a non-human
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
a humorous verse of three long and two short lines rhyming
9
To what does the term
free verse
refer?
the emotional response a reader has to a piece of writing
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
a poem without any breaks or stanzas
near-rhyme, approximate rhyme or lazy rhyme
10
What is the literary term for a reference to a well-known, famous person, place, thing or idea?
allusion
alliteration
consonance
metaphor
11
What is symbolism?
the use of a sound, word, line or stanza to add emphasis
using images & indirect suggestion to express ideas/emotions
the author's attitude toward the written subject
written account of connected events
12
What type of poem accounts for all the elements of plot?
narrative
limerick
haiku
lyric
13
What is the
tone
of a piece of writing?
use of humor to criticize people's stupidity or vices
giving human characteristics to a non-human
the author's attitude about the subject
the emotional response of the reader to the text
14
What type of stanza is shown here?
couplet
cinquain
sestina
quatrain
15
The use of humor to criticize people's bad habits is known as ...
onomatopoeia
simile
cinquain
satire
16
Which definition best fits onomatopoeia?
repetition of initial vowel sounds
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
two lines of poetry that have end rhyme
forming a word from a sound associated with what is named
17
What type of poem is being shown here?
elegy
sonnet
limerick
haiku
18
What refers to a group of words known to have a different meaning than the individual words?
idiom
slant rhyme
satire
allusion
19
What is it called when visually descriptive language creates a mental image for the reader?
personification
imagery
allusion
satire
20
Which sound device refers to the repeating an internal consonant sound?
Consonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
21
What poetic term refers to two consecutive lines of poetry with end rhyme?
idiom
couplet
stanza
free verse
22
Read the poem below. What type of poetry is it?
catalogue
ode
haiku
limerick
23
What is alliteration?
comparing two unlike things using like or as
repeating an initial consonant sound
the author's attitude toward the written subject
reference to a famous person, place, thing or idea
24
How would one define
mood
?
the emotional response a reader has to a piece of writing
the author's attitude toward the written subject
use of humor to expose people's stupidity or vices
descriptive language creating a mental image for the reader
