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Poetry Terms Quiz 128 (60 MCQs)

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1. "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana, " is an example of which poetic device?
2. Marking the meter
3. Poem that exhibits poetic language but no fixed pattern.
4. What is internal rhyme in poetry?
5. Which of these is the correct definition of muse?
6. A figure of speech in which the words are typically used to describe one thing are used to describe something else in order to show a likeness.For example:He's a bear when he first gets up in the morning.
7. Frown, town, clown are all examples of .....
8. A grouping of lines in a poem or song
9. The way an author organizes the ideas and details in a piece of writing; includes comparisons, cause-effect, chronology, and problem-solution
10. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
11. The poet writes in a series of stanzas, usually in the same metrical pattern and often in an identical rhyme scheme
12. Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
13. This is the dictionary definition of a word:
14. How many stanzas are in this poem?The animal I really digAbove all others is the pig.Pigs are noble, pigs are clever, Pigs are courteous, however,
15. Language that goes beyond the literal meaning and does not mean exactly what it says
16. What time does the Thanksgiving vacation start exactly?
17. Measured rhythm of a poem
18. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
19. When a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line, this is known as .....
20. Stanza or line repeated throughout a poem
21. A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem. Each stanza may have the same number of lines or it may vary (be different)
22. Internal rhyme is different than the standard rhyme we see in other poems because it .....
23. Snuffle is another word for
24. A quick reference to a person, work, or event outside of the piece. The reader is expected to make the connection.
25. The following line is an example of which metrical foot? "Out of the cradle, endlessly rocking"
26. A poem that reflects upon death or loss. Traditionally, it contains themes of mourning, loss, and reflection
27. When several words begin with the same consonant sound in a row is:
28. A foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
29. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "Open a book / And you will find / People and places of every kind."
30. "A terrible beauty is born, " is an example of .....
31. The feeling that the reader is left with after reading a poem
32. How long was Mr. Voyak's study plan?
33. The place where the author chooses to end one line and go down to the next. This creates a natural pause.
34. When a word or phrase repeats. "I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch ..... "
35. This is the musical quality, or beat, heard in a poem
36. The arrangement of words or lines on the page to produce a desired effect
37. The term for having punctuation at the end of a line
38. This poem type has no set rules, no rhyme or rhythm
39. An extended meditative poem in which the speaker reflects on death-often a tribute to a person who has died recently.
40. Which term means the repetition of a consonant sound?
41. Irony occurring when an author or character's meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words.
42. Don't let the cat out of the bag.
43. What is a pattern of rhyme at the end of each line, annotated with letters?
44. What poetic term is defined as "exaggeration" ?
45. Used to describe the level of formality that a speaker uses
46. A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of other certain sound patterns.
47. Poetic devices like meter, refrain, stanza, and verse all fall into the category of
48. A literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form.
49. A stated comparison of two things not using the words like or as
50. Attitude a write takes toward a subject
51. "To be or not to be-that is the question"The pause that happens in the middle of this famous Shakespeare line is considered which structure of poetry?
52. A Haiku is a Japanese poem.
53. What do we call a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, attitudes, or characteristics?
54. Words that kind of rhyme, but not perfectly.
55. The repetition of words or phrases to emphasize an idea is called
56. Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants as in "blade" and "maze"
57. What word refers to representing one person, object, or idea by using something else?
58. Marjorie is as quiet as a mouse
59. A funny poem with 5 lines.
60. What is this an example of: "To Tony's Pizza I went / Many dollars I spent."
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