Poetry Quiz 13 (50 MCQs)

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1. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free, QUESTION:What tone do these lines in the poem convey?
2. What did the caged bird symbolize in either of the 'Caged Bird' poems we read?
3. Creates a surprise ending that defies the audience's exception. (We expect one thing, but we get another).
4. What is a short verse that is intended to express the emotions of the author?
5. The general council came together with Running Deer. What does council mean?
6. Little Ant loved to read.Little Ant was often teased. "Ants don't read. Ants must feed.Ants collect the food they need." Little Ant would read all day, he'd read and read the day away.The other ants took what they foundto store for winter underground.Which words do not rhyme in the poem?
7. Sometimes figurative language is found in poetry. What is the figurative language that is an extreme exaggeration?
8. How does the final couplet in Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130" add to the message of the sonnet?
9. The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem.
10. A two line stanza is a
11. 'From Jamaica she travel far'
12. Which of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?
13. The moon asked the stars to dance.
14. The words, sentences, or text that precedes or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage is called .....
15. Which of the following best fits the definition for an ode?
16. PREMEASURED patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables:
17. Who was afraid of the cat?
18. An expression or group of words that can be confusing because they say one thing but mean another
19. The following words can be used to describe the soldiers except
20. 'The white streets of that city, the graceful slopesglow even clearer as time rolls its tanks'
21. UAE has invited authors and university ..... to literary gatherings and book festivals.
22. Who inspired British romantic writers because of their ideals of liberty and freedom?
23. Finish the quote:"At last I knew Porphyria ..... me"
24. At the time the incident take place, the speaker's attitude toward the girl is-
25. Romantics thought the beauty of nature was a path to:
26. What is a pause or sudden break in a line of poetry?
27. A pattern of letters given to rhyming words at the end of each line within a poem.
28. A poem that celebrates a subject and is a tribute to an object, a person, or an event.
29. Which statement summarizes the poem?
30. A/An ..... is someone who is involved in trade.
31. A simile or a metaphor could also be called what in literature? Remember it is comparing two things.
32. The return of a word, phrase, or stanza for effect
33. Which literary term means the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage?
34. Sonnets often portrayed women
35. What does the narrator compare her eyes to?
36. Which point of view uses pronouns like "I" , "we" , "my" ?
37. Which of these is the biggest difference between poetry and 'regular' writing?
38. Stop singing said Sally
39. Home:a safe, private, warm place
40. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?The one who brought me down to earth, and held me every day.the one who gracefully gave me birth, and said "i love you" in every way.the one who taught me everything, like how to crawl and walk.the one who taught me how to singafter learning how to talk.
41. My love for you is a rose is an example of .....
42. Which piece of evidence below supports this character trait inference? In the story, "Flowers" by Alice Walker, Myop is curious about nature.
43. What does the narrator seem to be afraid to look at after he kills Porphyria?
44. Repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning
45. What character trait is revealed here?After glancing around to make sure she wasn't being watched, Marissa slide the candy bar into her pocket. She walked out of store casually, not stopping to pay.
46. The narrator in a poem or the person telling you the poem is called what in poetry?
47. What is sensory language?
48. Who freed the cat from the trap?
49. "The b razen b oy laughed defiantly at the c orpse in the c asket."
50. What is the Poet is implying when she says "You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise."