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Poetry Terms Quiz 101 (60 MCQs)

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1. A restatement of a text passage, or work giving the meaning in another form.
2. Appeals means that something is .....
3. A group of lines forming the basic recording metric unit in a poem
4. A hyperbole is .....
5. An unrhymed three-line lyric poem, usually focused on images from nature, in which lines 1 and 3 have five syllables and line 2 has seven syllables
6. The sun smiled on the angry clouds.
7. A word or phrase which means something other than what is said. Ex. (It's raining cats and dogs)
8. What is the purpose of "the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, " by Gordan Lightfoot?
9. What form of figurative language repeats the same beginning consonant sound in a line?
10. Analysis of line length, broken up into syllabic "feet"
11. Genre; creative text written in verse, meter; uses creative, figurative and sensory language
12. A phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout the poem is called a .....
13. To make reference to something else in history, society, or literature.
14. True or False:an ANECDOTE is a short and interesting story, or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh
15. ..... is the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
16. What is:a question that the author poses that is not meant to be answered aloud?
17. When a poem has lines ending in words that rhyme.
18. A lyrical poem.....
19. Which of the following is NOT a type of poem?
20. What does alliteration mean? Some examples of alliteration is:friendly face; hurt horse; cool cat; slithering snakes
21. The central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action
22. The sad student sat silently in the room.
23. Using words or phrases that could have more than one meaning.
24. A lyric poem that addresses a particular subject and is written in varied or irregular meter.
25. What is the sound and meaning of words that are combined to express feelings, thoughts, and ideas?
26. Repetition of beginning sounds is called .....
27. Which term means:a Japanese verse form of 5 lines with 5 or 7 syllables
28. The repetition of initial consonant sounds is called
29. The cupcake called my name. Is this an example of
30. A poem that has five lines and a total of 22 syllables, distributed in a specific 2-4-6-8-2 pattern.
31. Which sentence is the best example of sensory details?
32. Repeated sounds at the end of words (pool, rule, fuel).
33. A central message of insight expressed in a literary work The word is .....
34. Long, lyric poems that were written to celebrate a famous person or a lofty idea
35. Ling was chewing the gum. When her teacher told her to spit it out and throw it in the trash, she talked back. What tone did Ling use with her teacher?
36. What is the mood of the following poem:In the morning, very early, That's the time I love to goBarefoot where the fern grows curly And grass is cool between each toe, On a summer morning-O! On a summer morning! That is when the birds go by Up the sunny slopes of air, And each rose has a butterfly Or a golden bee to wear;And I am glad in every toe-Such a summer morning-O! Such a summer morning!
37. What type of figurative language is shown? I have a million chores to do tonight!
38. A pair of rhyming lines that are the same length & form a complete thought
39. The feeling or mood that the words give
40. What poetic device is exemplified by the following phrase: "fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese" ?
41. The feelings or associations the reader makes with the word.
42. The poem has a pattern of rhyming words
43. The Greek word for "description." It is a vivid description of a piece of art. It uses no rhyme scheme.
44. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or end of words that are near each other
45. The army was able to attack the incoming enemies
46. A group of lines forming a unit/ The group of lines is separated by a space.
47. The main idea or meaning of a literary work
48. What poetic device is used in the following sentence? The birds in the aviary squawked and chirped loudly.
49. What is it called when a writer refers to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, or piece of literature?
50. Achange in poetry in tone, structure, or speaker.
51. To which of the five senses does the following sentence or phrase appeal? When I walked into the room, I was immediately surrounded with the aroma of homemade cookies.
52. How do you know if a poem is a narrative?
53. What is the bolded section of this poem an example of? from Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening":Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.
54. A song or a song-like poem that tells a story.
55. The voice of the poem, similar to a narrative
56. Words or feelings evoked by another word
57. What type of figurative language is the following sentence:How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop did drop dew?
58. A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat
59. 3 lined poem, usually about nature, 17 syllables
60. The way a reader is supposed to feel in response to the work.
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