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Poetry Terms Quiz 111 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the term for the person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself in a poem?
2. Language arranged in lines w/ a regular rhythm & often rhyme scheme.
3. Which term describes the way a line of poetry 'runs on' to the next line without punctuation?
4. A short phrase or sentence in one row, or line of a stanza
5. The fact of two things being seen or placed close to the contrasting effect
6. ..... is how to tell each stanza apart.
7. Figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole, or whole to designate a part. Example: "All hands on deck" means all men, not just their hands.
8. Which choice best represents the central idea of the poem?
9. Comparisons between unrelated things or ideas to reveal the familiar in surprising ways. Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, imagery, and allusion are all types of this.
10. Which is Hyperbole
11. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping, at my chamber door." Edgar Allan Poe
12. The repeating of vowel sounds
13. Repeating consonant sounds is called
14. Descriptions that appeal to the five senses and create vivid word pictures
15. An author's attitude toward his or her subject.
16. The use of words whose sound makes one think of its meaning
17. A group of words that are repeated several times in a poem (like the chorus of a song)
18. A generally recurring subject or idea noticeably evident in a literary work
19. Intentional reuse of sound, word, or phrase to emphasize an idea
20. A 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme and a particular syllable pattern called iambic pentameter. Different types of sonnets have different rhyme schemes.
21. "The rain was like a little mouse"
22. In many folktales, the coyote represents evil. In this example, the coyote is an example of a .....
23. Lazy leaping lizards like licking luscious lollipops-this is an example of .....
24. The moon is washing windows, Dancing off the glass, Resting on the praying treesAnd painting the sleeping grass.
25. This sentence appeals to which sense:After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
26. A question asked to make a point rather than in expectation of an answer.
27. When words at the ends of lines rhyme, also known as end rhyme
28. A statement that is self-contradictory or silly, but truthful "Your enemy's friend is your enemy."
29. What is a regular pattern of rhymed words at the end of a line of poetry called?
30. Formation of a word that has a sound associated with it
31. A line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem
32. The definition of mood is
33. The pattern of rhymed lines in a poem.
34. Any object, person, or place that has meaning in itself but also stands for something else, usually on an abstract level.
35. When there is similarity in the final sounds of two or more lines, it is called:
36. Two or more rhyming words occurring within the same line or 2 or more rhyming words appearing in the middle of 2 separate lines
37. True or False-Rhythm in poetry (or any writing/songs with words) is created by words having the same middle and ending sounds.
38. What gives poetry a musical feel and can be fast or slow depending on the mood and subject of the poem?
39. Elegies are poems that are based on:
40. What is the appearance of the words on the page in poetry called?
41. What is the correct term for the following definition? a repetition of similarly sounding words occurring at the end of the lines in poems or songs
42. Poems are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page.
43. The repetition of consonant sounds in stressed syllables
44. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
45. A verse form of 14 lines in iambic pentameter with a fixed rhyme scheme
46. Descriptive words that create a picture in the reader's mind (appeals to the senses)
47. Refers to all associated or implied meanings of a word
48. A poem that does not follow a consistent rhythm or rhyme; these focus on imagery, word choice, and figurative language and are free from traditional structure
49. Label the rhyme scheme in this limerick:Aclumsy young fellow named Tim Was never informed how to swim. He fell off a dock And sank like a rock. And that was the end of him.
50. An example of a lyric poem that mourns the dead is a(n)
51. Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and line length to create the "sound" of the poem
52. Nothing Gold Can StayNature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. What is Frost referring to in the phrase "Nature's first green" ?
53. Giving non-human things human qualities
54. ENG:a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas. SPN:a way of expressing the comparison using the word "like" EX:Clear as day
55. Words that imitate sounds:buzz, pow, bang
56. What type of figurative language is shown?They don't know if life is a mess of corn-meal dumplings, and if love is a bed-quilt!
57. Two consecutive (in a row) lines of rhyming poetry
58. A poem in verse that tells a story
59. The ball ..... hit my face.
60. A comparison in which something that is not human is described with human characteristics
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