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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. When the opposite happens to What is expected






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






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






12. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






13. When the opposite happens to What is expected






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






15. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






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






18. The repetition of the same sound






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






20. When words end in a similar sounding way






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






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






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






24. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






25. The repetition of the same sound






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






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






28. When words end in a similar sounding way