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4th nine weeks exam lit poetry terms Test

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. imagery
  2. repetition
  3. stanza
  4. hyperbole
  5. personification
  1. a the use of any element of language more than once .
  2. b words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses .
  3. c giving human qualities to something that is not human .
  4. d exaggeration, usually for humor .
  5. e a group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces .

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. poetry that tells a story in verse .
  2. poetry in which the first, last, or other particular letters spell out a word or phrase .
  3. the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables .
  4. a three-line Japanese verse form of poetry .
  5. describe one thing as if it were something else .

5 True/False Questions

  1. symboluses "like" or "as" to compare to appearantly unlike things .

          

  2. limerickpoetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse .

          

  3. alliterationrepetion of consonant sounds at the beginning of words .

          

  4. concretepoetry that is shaped to look like their subjects .

          

  5. rhyme"the big picture" that the author wants you to take away from the story .