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Poetry Terms Quiz 114 (60 MCQs)

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1. Choose the simile
2. Read the sentence below. The word tranquil has a ..... connotation.The baby looked tranquil as he slept.
3. Two or more different or opposing ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a story or poem so they can be compared or contrasted.light vs. darkTwo siblings in a story are opposites-one is always good and one is always evil.A butler spends his days in a beautiful mansion dressed in a tuxedo, but returns home to a closet-sized apartment in a rundown part of town.
4. What is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse? Ex (AABB)
5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a lyric poem
6. A simile is when .....
7. The freshman class is the largest by student count. Which is the second largest?
8. A short poem that expressed the thoughts of a single speaker.
9. A free-form poem, which has no particular structure or rhythm. It does not have regular rhymes, and the lines may be different lengths and have different patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.
10. Which sentence contains the simile .....
11. What does "refrain" mean?
12. When you make a claim you must have concrete details or .....
13. Features standard English and formal grammar
14. True or False:Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
15. Treasure Island (an excerpt) by Robert Louis Stevenson I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow-a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards. What does the IMAGERY used in the first paragraph tell the reader about the captain?
16. Darla is a star of our family.
17. The repetition of vowel sounds that are close together is called .....
18. The most important point in a line of poetry; the breath or pause at the end of each row of words; used along with or instead of punctuation marks, a line break is a deliberate choice by the poet and its use can affect a poem's sound, meaning, and appearance
19. My body breaks and it breaks and I do not.My body splits, and I make home around its borders.
20. To give human traits and characteristics to an animal, object, or idea.
21. A word that has the same spelling both forward and backward such as civic is known as
22. The way a poem is arranged on the page is called its
23. A figure of speech that is composed of exaggeration
24. Line of poetry with five sets of stressed and unstressed syllables, widely used by Shakespeare
25. The voice behind the poem
26. A poem written to celebrate a wedding is a/an
27. Groups of words in a poem
28. Three-line verse form, seeks to convey a single vivid emotion by means of images from nature
29. Story told from a character not in the story
30. Giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.
31. A writer's attitude toward his/her subject
32. A word's literal, dictionary definition.
33. What is this an example of? "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you!"
34. The sound of a poem created by accented and unaccented syllables.
35. A situation that makes no logical sense is better known as a/an
36. Masculine ending
37. Select the simile below?
38. Simile or Metaphor:My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.
39. Group of scenes that form an important part of the story; a way to divide an opera, play, or other drama
40. The arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented (or stressed) syllables
41. The poem's equivalent to a narrator
42. What kind of poem is the following example from Crossover? "Josh Bellis my name.But Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame.Folks call me that'cause my game's acclaimed, so downright dirty, it'll put you to shame.My hair is long, my height's tall.See, I'm the next Kevin Durant, LeBron, and Chris Paul."
43. Symbol or imagery?Something that specifically stands for something else.
44. If you don't understand something the first time analyze it or .....
45. True or False:Happy, angry, silly, sad, excited, fearful and thoughtful are moods the audience can feel when reading a poem.
46. Reversing the conventional order of words, usually to match the meter or rhyme scheme
47. "I was angry with my friend:AI told my wrath, my wrath did end A I was angry with my foe:BI told it not, my wrath did grow." B This is an example of .....
48. Comparison that is made over more than one line
49. The affix auto-means
50. What is the definition of the term:Mood?
51. A word or phrase that is used several times in a work, meant for effect
52. Refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph.
53. The emotion of the poem.
54. "Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight" is an example of .....
55. Lines of a poem with words that rhyme at the end of the line
56. A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an an example.
57. A poem that takes a shape that suggests its subject.
58. The pattern of rhymes in a poem (the end of each line is assigned a new letter for each new sound.)
59. A short poem that directly expresses the poet's thoughts and emotions in a musical way.
60. Patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry.
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