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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 words end in a similar sounding way






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






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






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






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






6. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






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






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






10. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






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






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






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






15. When the opposite happens to What is expected






16. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






18. When the opposite happens to What is expected






19. When words end in a similar sounding way






20. The repetition of the same sound






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






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






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






24. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






26. The repetition of the same sound






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






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