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Poetry Techniques

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'






2. The central idea that a writer explores through a text






3. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem






4. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings






5. When the opposite happens to What is expected






6. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love






7. The use of words that sound like their meaning






8. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader






9. The central idea that a writer explores through a text






10. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings






11. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'






12. When words end in a similar sounding way






13. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison






14. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






15. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison






16. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love






17. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided






18. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas






19. When words end in a similar sounding way






20. The repetition of the same sound






21. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader






22. The use of words that sound like their meaning






23. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided






24. When the opposite happens to What is expected






25. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem






26. The repetition of the same sound






27. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






28. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas