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Definition
Example
100
These lines end with a similar sound. These lines ____________.
Rhyme
100
A repeated line within a poem, similar to the chorus of a song.
Refrain
100
"But what am I supposed to do when the blinkin' of red and blue flash from the top of your roof?" is an example of ...
Assonance
200
How many stanzas does this poem have?
5
200
The beat and movement of language (rise and fall, repetition and variation, change of pitch, mix of syllables, melody of words).
Rhythm
200
"I’m a twenty ton terror on top of Tokyo towers with two titanium tentacles," is an example of ....
Alliteration
300
What is the term for the repeated line in this poem?
Refrain
300
Group of lines making up a single unit; like a paragraph in prose.
Stanza
300
"You were Adam and I was Eve, we didn't know any better - we didn't know not to eat," is an example of ...
Allusion
400
What is the correct term for a stanza this size?
Septet
400
Stanza of eight lines
Octave
400
"I'm going off the rails" is an example of...
Idiom
500
How many quatrains are in this poem?
1
500
Continuation of sense and movement from one line to the next; also called a "run-on"line.
Enjambment
500
"The night snuck up on me and all of a sudden it was pitch black," is an example of ...
Personification