Poetry Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. A Petrarchan sonnets rhyme scheme is
2. Lord Indra called his carpenter because .....
3. In the poem, 'Fireflies in the Garden', What does the poet compare fireflies to in this poem?
4. What genre is Vergil's Aeneid?
5. Repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words
6. The pattern of repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
7. A person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself (literal/concrete meaning) and for something beyond itself (figurative/abstract meaning); often visual, reappear throughout a text, and are associated with figurative language
8. Which literary term describes the events of the story?
9. Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.What is Frost thinking about in this poem?
10. The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end or a line, couplet, or stanza .....
11. A rose represents love, winter represents death, red represents passion, etc.
12. Repeating the same consonant anywhere within words, not just at the beginning.
13. BUZZ is an example of
14. What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" ?
15. What is the first thing Porphyria does when she enters?
16. This is a group of words written in sentences and paragraphs, like you would read in a novel or essay.
17. A three line stanza is a
18. I cried, why? Why my life?
19. What is an identical or very similar recurring final syllable sounds in pairs of words?
20. Read this sentence from the selection. "When the scout presented the crystal to the aunt queen she took a small bite, then quickly ate the entire thing."This sentence shows that .....
21. The theme or central message of a poem is its .....
22. In THE HUNTSMAN, What is the alliteration that can be found in the sentence below?""Kagwa hurried home"
23. Cast of characters is frequently found in
24. I distinctly remember the sadness I felt in December. What type of rhyme is this above line?
25. Two lines in a row that rhyme.
26. In supernatural gothic, the supernatural elements are .....
27. Smooth, pleasant sound choice and arrangement
28. A poem that contains 14 lines (10 syllables per line) and is written in iambic pentameter.
29. On the bottle was a skull and crossbones.
30. What is this?"spits like a tame cat"
31. Straightforward language
32. Jack zipped up his sleeping bag.
33. Assonance can best be described as
34. What idea is the speaker emphasizing?"I want them to waterski
35. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
36. Where was Porphyria before she came to the cottage?
37. A poem is a type of
38. What is the central idea of a literary work?
39. Read these lines from the fourth and fifth stanzas. And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home Than oars divide the ocean What is the bird most likely doing in these lines?
40. Which one of the following lines contains alliteration?
41. Choose the rhyming word for 'say'
42. Y'all is an example of .....
43. The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same consonant sound
44. What is the sound device that means consecutive lines beginning with the same word?
45. What is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza?
46. "Frost cracking/Beneath my steps, my breath/Before me" contains ..... to .....
47. What do you call an eight-line stanza?
48. In THE HUNTSMAN, what is the tone of the poem?
49. An example of direct characterization is .....
50. Who created the term "romantic period" ?
51. Which sound device uses a pattern of rhyme? (Ex. ABAB)
52. Attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.
53. Read line 4 in the poem below, what does this literally mean?1 The ostrich is a silly bird, 2 with hardly any mind.3 He often runs so very fast, 4 He leaves himself behind
54. Which vehicle has two wheels?
55. Which poem celebrates the source of one's beauty and confidence?
56. Where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense.
57. This line most relates to which element of Romanticism?"Beside the lake, beneath the trees, "
58. Where did the boys build the ship?
59. What is not a figure of speech?
60. Read the following poem:What does line 1 mean?AppetiteIn a house the size of a postage stamplived a man as big as a bargeHis mouth could drink the entire riverYou could say it was rather largeFor dinner he would eat a trillion beansAnd a silo full of gran.