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






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






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






4. The repetition of the same sound






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






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






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






8. The repetition of the same sound






9. The use of words that sound like their meaning






10. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. When words end in a similar sounding way






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






19. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






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






22. When the opposite happens to What is expected






23. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






25. When the opposite happens to What is expected






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






27. When words end in a similar sounding way






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