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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. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison






2. When the opposite happens to What is expected






3. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






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






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






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






8. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






10. The repetition of the same sound






11. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






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






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






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






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






17. The repetition of the same sound






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






19. When words end in a similar sounding way






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






21. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






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






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






25. When words end in a similar sounding way






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






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






28. When the opposite happens to What is expected