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Poetry Techniques
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Subject
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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 blocks of lines into which a poem is divided
stanza / verse
alliteration
rhythm
style
2. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas
style
metaphor
metaphor
theme
3. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
rhythm
rhyme
theme
imagery
4. The use of words that sound like their meaning
imagery
pun
onomatopoeia
alliteration
5. The central idea that a writer explores through a text
personification
rhythm
imagery
theme
6. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'
personification
simile
rhythm
irony
7. The individual way in which the writer has used language to express his or her ideas
symbolism
style
rhythm
rhyme
8. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison
metaphor
stanza / verse
alliteration
imagery
9. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings
pun
stanza / verse
personification
irony
10. The central idea that a writer explores through a text
pun
onomatopoeia
symbolism
theme
11. When words end in a similar sounding way
imagery
rhyme
personification
pun
12. When the opposite happens to What is expected
alliteration
irony
metaphor
metaphor
13. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
alliteration
personification
stanza / verse
onomatopoeia
14. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem
rhythm
pun
onomatopoeia
symbolism
15. The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
theme
imagery
rhyme
alliteration
16. When the opposite happens to What is expected
irony
style
rhythm
rhyme
17. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love
symbolism
pun
metaphor
rhythm
18. Stating that one thing is another to make a comparison
metaphor
irony
style
onomatopoeia
19. The use of words that sound like their meaning
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
imagery
20. When words end in a similar sounding way
simile
theme
rhyme
alliteration
21. The 'movement' of the poem as created through the number of syllables and the way that language is stressed within the poem
symbolism
rhyme
rhythm
imagery
22. A play on words that have similar sounds but quite different meanings
pun
imagery
theme
irony
23. The repetition of the same sound
alliteration
personification
onomatopoeia
symbolism
24. One thing represents something else - for example red rose represents love
pun
symbolism
alliteration
simile
25. The comparison of one thing to another using the word 'like' or 'as'
simile
stanza / verse
symbolism
rhythm
26. The repetition of the same sound
symbolism
irony
metaphor
alliteration
27. The blocks of lines into which a poem is divided
stanza / verse
pun
imagery
rhyme
28. Giving human qualities to something that is not human
onomatopoeia
stanza / verse
alliteration
personification