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






2. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






4. When words end in a similar sounding way






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






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






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






8. The use of words that sound like their meaning






9. When words end in a similar sounding way






10. When the opposite happens to What is expected






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






12. The repetition of the same sound






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






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






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






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






17. Giving human qualities to something that is not human






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






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






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






21. When the opposite happens to What is expected






22. The repetition of the same sound






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






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






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






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






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






28. The use of words that sound like their meaning