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Poetry Terms Quiz 100 (60 MCQs)

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1. Give an example of alliteration in a poem.
2. Metaphors compare using like or as
3. What is the definition of the term:Near/Slant Rhyme?
4. What is the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
5. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is .....
6. Any of the faculties, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which we perceive the world
7. Simile or Metaphor:My sister is like an angel in my life.
8. The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line
9. A term or phrase that cannot be understood by a literal translation, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is understood through common use
10. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:simile
11. Which type of poems began as folk songs, typically tell stories, and are organized in lines of four (ABAB rhyme scheme)?
12. Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee
13. Repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more words within the same line
14. The heroic couplet is characterized by
15. What is the term for the emotional atmosphere of a poem?
16. Most poems have rythme like a musical piece.
17. Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning
18. Who is well known for using Iambic Pentameter?
19. A form of poetry that is written in a shape
20. A poem consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
21. Which lines of a Limerick poem are longer?
22. A writer's choice of specific words for a deliberate effect
23. Which term means a reference to a piece of art or history that is real beyond the poem?
24. Repeating the same words or phrase in close proximity for effect.
25. Our new house cost a bazillion dollars. This is an example of
26. One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker. Which sense does this describe?
27. Archaic language is .....
28. Writing that uses sensory words (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) help form a picture in the reader's head ..... this is known as:
29. A monologue in which a character in a play expresses thoughts and feelings while being alone on stage. Soliloquies allow dramatists to communicate information about a character's state of mind, hopes, and intentions directly to an audience.
30. Repetition of the same consonant sound in a series of words, usually at the beginning of the words
31. Poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure
32. Is is the way people in a certain region speak that is unique to that region.
33. What is an allusion in poetry?
34. Which term means the way a reader feels about the poem?
35. The author takes a single metaphor and employs it at length, using various subjects, images, ideas and situations.
36. A poem that takes a certain shape to convey its meaning. The placement and design of the words is just as important as the words.
37. An 8 line stanza
38. A cow says "Moo" "tic-tac" , the hands of the clock.
39. Imagery and word pictures are similar.
40. A statement that appears to contradict itself
41. A comparison between two unlike things-does not use like or as
42. The rhyme between two words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds
43. What is the definition of "apostrophe" in poetry?
44. This is a poem which has storytelling as its main purpose
45. Which term describes the "paragraphs" in a poem?
46. True or false:A rhyme scheme has the following TWO characteristics:1) a pattern of rhyming words or sounds (usually end rhyme, but not always) 2)uses the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually "see" the pattern
47. The rhyming of the last words in the lines of poetry. (the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.)
48. The girl had fun playing in the sun
49. MAGGY'S SAGGY PANTS WERE BAGGY AND RAGGY.
50. What poetic device is used in the following example?"The leaves danced across the lawn"
51. A figure of speech where one word is substituted for another which it is closely associated. Example:In "the pen is mightier than the sword", pen means "the written word" and sword means "military might"
52. The use of words that imitate sounds or noises
53. The feeling created in the reader by a poem or story. Words, phrases, repetition, rhyme, and exaggeration all working together.
54. The denotation is the ..... meaning of a word.
55. Recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of poetry.
56. Which word means the "paragraph" in poetry?
57. This is the continued use of the same rhyme or pattern
58. The attitude the writer takes toward a subject.
59. What is the opposite of personification?
60. A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or a poem, especially at the end of each stanza; a chorus.
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