The grammatiical order of words in a line of verse.
Poetic Terminology

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Brett Romine
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Syntax
Connotation
Simile
Metaphor
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme
Sonnet
Ode
Ballad
Free Verse
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figureof speech involving a comparison between unlike things, using like, as or as though.
Metaphor
Syntax
Simile
Alliteration
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A long, stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter, and form. Usually, a serious poem on an exalted subject.
Ode
Ballad
Lyric
Sonnet
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A 19 line lyric poem that relies heavily on repetition. The first and third lines alternate throughout the poem, which is structured in six stanzas, five tercets and a concluding quatrain.
Ode
Ballad
Villanelle
Sonnet
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A strong pause within a line of verse.
Tone
Theme
Alliteration
Caesura
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Villanelle
Closed Form
Rhyme
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