Poetry Quiz Review

Question 1

a play on words

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pun

Question 2

poem first used by Dante and is characterized by its strict rhyming structure - aba, bcb, cdc..

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terza rima

Question 3

"the road was a ribbon of moonlight"

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Metaphor

Question 4

a poem that expresses deeply personal and emotional feelings

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Lyric

Question 5

the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line break

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enjambment

Question 6

when there is a break at the end of a line

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end stopped punctuation

Question 7

line with two feet

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dimeter

Question 8

refers to words that exaggerate, make a comparison, or alter the usual meaning of words

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figurative language

Question 9

3 syllables; two unstressed-one stressed

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anapest

Question 10

similarity of ending sounds between two words

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end rhyme

Question 11

comparison of two words using like or as

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simile

Question 12

ancient form of poem known for its small size and precise punctuation/syllables on its 3 lines

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haiku

Question 13

"My backpack weighs a ton"

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Hyperbole

Question 14

writing that uses vivid, rhythmic language and metrical structure

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Poetry

Question 15

the physical structure of the poem

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form

Question 16

"take the steering wheel"

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synechdoche

Question 17

a mournful, melancholic, or plaintive poem

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elegy

Question 18

4 lined stanza

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quatrain

Question 19

"he hung horizontal..."

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Alliteration

Question 20

caesura in the middle of a line

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medial caesura

Question 21

Caesura at the end of a line

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terminal caesura

Question 22

"small crowd"

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oxymoron

Question 23

deliberate exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Question 24

normal, everyday writing

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Prose

Question 25

a softer, more inoffensive word or phrase used as a substitute for one considered too harsh

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euphemism

Question 26

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star, how I wonder what you are"

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apostrophe

Question 27

close repetition of identical consonant sounds

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Consonance

Question 28

a long, narrative poem that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure

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epic

Question 29

a poem that tells a story

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ballad

Question 30

2 syllables; both stressed

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spondee

Question 31

"the leaves danced in the wind"

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personification

Question 32

the arrangement of lines into groups - similar to verses or paragraphs

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stanza structure

Question 33

two terms which contradict each other are put together for humorous or poetic effect

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Oxymoron

Question 34

"A stroke of luck"

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Consonance

Question 35

a strong pause or stop within a line

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caesura

Question 36

5 lined stanza

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cinquain

Question 37

a lyric poem, usually addressing or celebrating a particular person or thing

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ode

Question 38

recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables/number of feet in a line

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Meter

Question 39

a poem that is a list of things

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catalog poem

Question 40

the sequence in which the rhyme occurs

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rhyme scheme

Question 41

2 syllables; unstressed - stressed

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iamb

Question 42

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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anaphora

Question 43

using an image to represent an idea or belief

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symbolism

Question 44

"the door closed with a bang"

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onomatopoeia

Question 45

Close repetition of similar vowel sounds

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Assonance

Question 46

comparison without using like or as

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Metaphor

Question 47

6 lined stanza

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sestet

Question 48

a reference to a well-known person, story, or idea

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allusion

Question 49

most common metric pattern in formal poetry/Shakespeare is written in this form.

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iambic pentameter

Question 50

five-line witty poem with a distinctive rhythm

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limerick

Question 51

the process of adding notes to, giving explanation, or commenting on a text.

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annotation

Question 52

2 syllables; unstressed-stressed

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trochee

Question 53

"the gnome was creepy like a dark alley in Brooklyn"

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simile

Question 54

"Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight."

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Visual imagery

Question 55

7 lined stanza

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septet

Question 56

poem that doesn't contain rhymes, but all lines are typically written in iambic pentameter

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blank verse

Question 57

a pastoral or lyrical poem of nineteen lines with only two rhymes repeated throughout

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villanelle

Question 58

rhyme that is slightly off or doesn't sound exactly similar

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slant rhyme

Question 59

a person or thing which is absent is addressed as if there

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apostrophe

Question 60

a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

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foot

Question 61

assigning human qualities to inanimate objects

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personification

Question 62

a single unit of sound in a word

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syllable

Question 63

repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

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repetition

Question 64

words that sound like what they mean

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onomatopoeia

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