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Poetry Terms Quiz 139 (60 MCQs)

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1. The feeling a literary work or passage evokes for the reader
2. "The western wave was all aflame.The day was well nigh done!" This is an example of a synecdoche in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. What does the "wave" refer to?
3. If I am being literal, I .....
4. A poem that has no rhyme or meter is called a ..... verse poem.
5. What is the author's writing voice?
6. An extended comparison between two things where there are multiple things in common.
7. Which of these words is a "verb?"
8. "The tree whispered in the wind" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
9. What is the definition of figurative language?
10. Dictionary definition of the word
11. What is the pattern of words that rhyme at the end of the verse?
12. The beat of a poem is called a .....
13. A reference to something or someone famous or well-known
14. "How long, woman? That is decided; done; finished." ~~ MEDEA
15. Words that represent sound are called?
16. A type of poem with rules to be followed when writing.
17. What literary device is this?"Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon;The little dog laughedTo see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon."
18. What is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words called?
19. Trochee or trochaic
20. Giving human qualities to objects or animals
21. A literary term in which one representative part stands for the whole.
22. What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?
23. The ..... of a poem is the speaker's attitude towards the subject they are talking about while the ..... of a poem is the emotions created within the reader who is reading the poem.
24. Another word for conflict in a poem .....
25. The continuation of a thought from one line to the next in poetry.
26. Human qualities attributed to an object, animal or idea.
27. Approximate Rhyme
28. What word is defined as "the dictionary definition of a word" ?
29. A row of texts within a poem
30. What is the meaning of the word WOOED from line 10 of the poem?
31. The coolness of nightRefreshes my skinThe stars shine so bright.Causing me to grin. What is the rhyme scheme?
32. Language that is literal.
33. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words Creates musical effect
34. Four-line unit in a poem
35. "Open Form" is also called .....
36. What is the definition of inversion?
37. N. a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
38. The emotional suggestions attached to words beyond their strict definitions
39. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a line?
40. What term means:a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
41. What is the most logical line to complete the poem? Mary had a little poodle All day long she ate a .....
42. Funny poems; last line is usually the punch line
43. What is the purpose of a symbol in poetry?
44. A poem centered on themes of death and dying
45. A reference to a certain person, place, or event from the past .....
46. What is the repeating of words, letters, sounds, lines, etc.?
47. Which word means a repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
48. A type of poem that isn't written with a strict rhyming pattern or stanza structure
49. "Oh, the bells ..... /how they clang, and clash, and roar!" is an example of .....
50. Which term means comparing two unlike things by saying one is the other?
51. Which of the following is an example of enjambment?(a) The orphan arrived in outlandish hat, proud pain of new button boots.(b) Alone, she would cut her way through a new world's graystone chapels, the steep and sideways .....
52. Which is an example of "simile" ?
53. Saying "I could eat something" when you're starving and haven't had a meal in over 24 hours.
54. To ..... is to see an image in your head.
55. The basic straight-forward meaning
56. What is the definition of jargon?
57. A piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, especially. at the ends of lines
58. 19 line form with a pattern of repeated lines and a specific rhyme scheme
59. Un-rhymed iambic pentameter is known as
60. During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig. What are the words in blue an example of?
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