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