Test: poetry vocab part 1 - 20 Questions

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5 Matching Questions

  1. dramatic monologue
  2. free verse
  3. blank verse
  4. consonance
  5. figure of speech/figurative language
  1. a words/phrases that are not meant to be taken literally
  2. b repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of non-rhyming words
  3. c poem in which a speaker addresses a silent or absent listener
  4. d unrhymed poetry writen in iambic pentameter
  5. e poetry containing no regular pattern of rhyme or meter

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. a figure of speech wherein an inanimate object is addressed as though it were animate
  2. language evoking the five senses, words/phrases making a reader see, feel, hear, taste, smell
  3. poetry wherein the form/structure reflect the content; poetry that looks like what it's about
  4. a two line stanza (which often rhymes)
  5. a line of poetry containing five two-syllable measures

5 True/False Question

  1. plagiarism → the use of someone else's words or ideas without citing or giving them credit

          

  2. alliteration → repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

          

  3. confessional poetry → poetry that reveals personal information about the author

          

  4. hyperbole → a figure of speech wherein an inanimate object is addressed as though it were animate

          

  5. elegy → a long poem of mourning over death

          

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