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Poetry Quiz 8 (60 MCQs)

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1. "That man is a walking dictionary." This is an example of .....
2. What is poetry that does not follow a specific form called?
3. What elements do pastoral poems share?
4. A repeated pattern of movement or sounds in a poem
5. Words or phrases that relate to the 5 senses are called
6. Girl or boy, anyone can ride what?
7. "Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of .....
8. Which of the following literary devices is used the most in the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" ?
9. The attitude the writer has toward the theme or topic of a text
10. Giving human qualities to animals or nonliving things
11. The simile is .....
12. It was a dark and stormy night, the cold wind blew and the icy rain fell from the sky
13. 'When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!'
14. Identify the literary device underlined in the following: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of courseThat is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed."
15. A simile and metaphor BOTH
16. The imagery of the breath-"beneath my steps, my breath/ before me" and "Until we were breathing/Before a drugstore" stresses
17. Which type of Figurative Language is it that the words mimic the sounds? (Ex. BOOM)
18. When you have the same ending sound in words, you would say the words:
19. What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse?
20. A character or set of characters who can be compared and contrasted in a work to heighten plot and theme development:
21. In Holy Sonnet 10, the speaker personifies
22. Which poet that we read was name Poet Laureate by President Clinton?
23. A group of consecutive lines that forms a structural unit in a poem
24. What is a line of verse with five metrical feet? (unstressed followed by a stressed syllable)
25. "Oranges" is a narrative poem because
26. Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem.
27. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement of sound
28. What does the narrator think Porphyria wants?
29. Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound
30. A very short poem that contains 3 lines with 17 total syllables; originated in Japan and is usually about nature.
31. Epics usually include
32. What is the correct rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
33. Descriptions about the setting and characters is frequently found in
34. What does the first T in TPFASTT stand for?
35. He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, had so little interest in things which concerned him and valued so little his conversation.The narrator's tone could best be described as
36. What is a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences or lines or throughout an entire work?
37. How many examples of similes are in this passage? Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time.
38. In what meter were all three of Vergil's poems composed?
39. Read these lines from the last stanza of the poem. Or butterflies, off banks of noon, Leap, plashless, as they swim. What does the word "plashless" mean?
40. What type of figurative language is shown?The ice crunched under my feet.
41. A sonnet is a ..... line poem of praise with a specific rhyme scheme.
42. When did the Renaissance begin in England?
43. The pattern of end rhyme (ex:abbbc)
44. What is this?"trees that could prove company"
45. A long narrative poem that celebrates the adventures and achievements of one or more heroic figures is called
46. In the poetry "Cradle Song", the little birdie wants to .....
47. What is the poem about?
48. Who was caught in a trap?
49. Which of the following did the Romantic poets value?
50. Mrs. Bailey:(Shocked) Why?Shocked is an example of?
51. Who wrote 'Bayonet Charge'?
52. What is a regular cadence or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
53. Creates vivid word pictures; painting with words, incorporating the five senses
54. A four line stanza is a
55. Who is the author of THE QUARREL?
56. I am so hungry I could eat a horse. Is an example of .....
57. THE ME ssage about life that the poem or story tellsEx:friendship, bravery, courage
58. Choose the meaning of this metaphor:The speech was an endless stream of words pouring from the speaker's lips.
59. The following line is an example of which sound device?I think I like the bright, pink kite.
60. "I am nobody" is an example of .....
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