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Poetry Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. Sequence of related events in a story
2. Metaphysical poetry is not
3. A reference to an important/popular thing.
4. The boy told an absurd joke to the class. What does absurd mean?
5. When did Ovid die?
6. An extended metaphor that contrasts two dissimilar things:
7. "The lady's eyes met mine, /And held them, knowing/Very well what it was all/About." This line would indicate
8. Why did the Tudor reign (King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I) create the perfect environment for the enlightened thinking that took place during the Renaissance?
9. Which of the following is one of the 5 "I"s
10. An example of third person limited point of view is .....
11. The repetition of a consonant sound within or at the end of a series of words to produce a harmonious effect.
12. When an author uses an object or event to represent something deeper or beyond teh actual meaning of the object itself
13. Which simile describes something that is unwanted or unwelcome?
14. The example highlighted below is an example of?My Aunt Sherry is so tight with her money, that everyone in the family calls her Scrooge.
15. A statement that seems to contradict itself but may actually contain an implicit truth
16. What device is used in this sentence?Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
17. What goes round and round?
18. Read the poem below, what do lines 1, 4 and 5 literally mean?1 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.2 leap over bushes and fences and rocks.3 Cut through the air like the diving of hawks."4 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.5 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.
19. What is a phrase that has a special meaning different from the actual meaning of the words?
20. Refers to words or phrases that are repeated
21. What is the emotion created in the reader by the literary work?
22. ISHAMPOO or Language that is used imaginatively, rather than literally, to express ideas or feelings in new ways.
23. What type of figurative language is shown?The run down house looked depressed .
24. What Paper and Section is unseen poetry in?
25. Each stanza of a poem is similar to each ..... in a story or book. Both are a group of senteneces of lines that are related.
26. Who wrote "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" ?
27. The beginning of the story; establishes setting, characters and tone.
28. Gothic settings are usually .....
29. This line most relates to which element of Romanticism?"And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils."
30. An exaggeration in poetry/literature is known as a .....
31. "Be not coy, but use your time, and while you may, go marry" is an example of
32. A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two
33. Vishwakarma was Lord Indra's .....
34. "Her cheeks were like apples, so rosy and bright" is an example of?
35. Pick the word that best fits the simile:The children were as quiet as
36. Read the poem below, how many LINES are there?1 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.2 leap over bushes and fences and rocks.3 Cut through the air like the diving of hawks."4 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind. 5 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.
37. Define lyric poetry
38. The Renaissance is the time of
39. Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry:
40. Telling the wind not to blowTelling the tide not to turnTelling the rivers not to flowTelling the fire not to burnTelling the birds not to flyTelling the frogs not to hopTelling the parents not to nagAnd telling the children not to whine!What two words are examples of rhyming words from the poem?
41. Which word does not belong with poetry?
42. "I ask them to take a poem
43. This is the beat, sound, and feel of the poem. This is an element that is also found in music and songs.
44. Which Roman poet, was a part of the 'neoteric' literary circle in Rome?
45. Who wrote 'Remains'?
46. Which of the following is true about free verse?
47. Repetition of a sound at the end of nearby words
48. In THE INCHCAPE ROCK, What is the language used in the poem?
49. What was Shakespeare's involvement with the sonnet?
50. What type of figurative language is shown?She is so smart. She is a walking dictionary.
51. What is a a pair of rhymed lines that may stand alone as a stanza?
52. What is this?"sweating like molten iron"
53. An exaggeration in poetry/literature is known as a(n)
54. Where was Ovid born?
55. The "voice" in literature
56. The repetition of two or more of the same vowel sounds in a word
57. Giving human characeristics to something that is not human
58. "The ship sailed swiftly towards the shore" is an example of which type of figurative language?
59. What type of poem makes the shape of a diamond and compares two things that are opposites.
60. What is element of figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
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