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I need help in 9th grade English?

33. A group of lines that form units in a poem defines a _________.

* stanza
* lyric
* refrain
* verse

34. When a poet or writer uses vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas, they are using ________________.


* imagination
* simulation
* imagery
* details

35. The following sentence is an example of what writing device? The pizza delivery person ran as though a rottweiler was nipping at his heels.

* Simile
* Onomatopoeia
* Imagery
* Metaphor

36. Words and phrases that involve the reader's senses are referred to as _______________.

* simile
* sensory details
* metaphor
* figurative language

37. A _____________ is a trite phrase or expression.

* chic
* cliché
* euphemism
* lie

38. Who wrote the poem The Bells?

* Lord Alfred Tennyson
* Allen Ginsberg

* Edgar Allan Poe
* Walt Whitman

39. One of the earliest narrative poems tells the tale of a Sumerian superhero by the name of ___________.

* King Arthur
* King Tut
* Gilgamesh
* Beowulf

40. Most of the sacred scriptures of the world’s religions are written in ____________ form.

* prose
* musical
* biographical
* poetic

41. ______________ and rhyme are important creative tools for a poet.

* Rap
* Rhythm
* Rhetoric
* Repetition
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Asian Gal by Asian Gal
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33) Stanza
34) Imagery
35) Similie
36) Sensory details
37) cliche
38) Edgar Allan Poe
39) Gilgamesh
40) Poetic ( i think)
41) Rhythm

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