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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 central idea that a writer explores through a text






2. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






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






5. When words end in a similar sounding way






6. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






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






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






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






11. When the opposite happens to What is expected






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






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






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






15. The repetition of the same sound






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The use of words that sound like their meaning






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






24. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






25. When the opposite happens to What is expected






26. The repetition of the same sound






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






28. When words end in a similar sounding way