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Poetry Terms Quiz 15 (60 MCQs)

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1. Alliteration occurs
2. A word that imitates the sound, such as bang, boom, pow
3. A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one ( u / )
4. What is a Sestet
5. What word describes six feet of verse?
6. Identify the type of figurative langauge used below.Lizzie's beautiful locks were like noodles twisting around a fork.
7. Persona. The voice in a poem. Can be the poet, character (person, animal, or thing) created by the poet.
8. A story / narrative in poetic form is
9. The conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently
10. Shaped to look like their subjects; lines create a picture on the page
11. Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
12. An comparison between unlike things, uses the words "like", "as", "resembles", or "than."
13. Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem:Passion an undeniable emotion Always lending us what we crave Being adored by a heart so brave God blessed us all with this devotion
14. Her room was as neat as a pin.
15. A poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions
16. When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes
17. The basic unit of a poem, this is several lines of poetry grouped together, with white space above and below.
18. A seeming contradiction of two words put together (ex. jumbo shrimp)
19. Words that appeal to or evoke the senses
20. What is the atmosphere and emotions the poet sets in the poem called?
21. What is the smallest repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables called?
22. The attitude of a piece of writing expressed through the author's words.
23. True or False:You have to follow all of the grammar rules when writing poetry.
24. What is the following statement an example of? Hope is the thing with feathers
25. Tells a story using a character's own thoughts or spoken statements
26. Using a concrete object or phraseto represent a different abstract idea(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)is called
27. Which connotation is MORE positive? ..... people rode on the roller coaster.
28. 3-lined poem without a rhyming pattern but consists of 17 unrhymed syllables. Usually about nature and originated in Japan
29. "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun." is an example of
30. Language that contains or uses figures of speech.
31. The pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem
32. The ordered pattern of rhyme in a poem
33. What is personification in poetry?
34. A Japanese poem written in three lines, usually about nature is called a:
35. The place where a line ends
36. A Simple Love Poem Your gran'ma, in her youth, was quiteAs blithe a little maid as you.And, though her hair is snowy white, Her eyes still have their maiden blue, And on her checks, as fair as thine, Methinks a girlish blush would glowIf she recalled the valentineShe got, ah! many years ago. A valorous youth loved gran'ma then, And wooed her in that auld lang syne;And first he told his secret whenHe sent the maid that valentine, No perfumed page nor sheet of goldWas that first hint of love he sent, But with the secret gran'pa told ..... "I love you" ..... gran'ma was content. Go, ask your gran'ma if you will, If ..... though her head be bowed and gray ..... If ..... though her feeble pulse be chill ..... True love abideth not for aye;By that quaint portrait on the wall, That smiles upon her from above, Methinks your gran'ma can recallThe sweet divinity of love. Dear Elsie, here 's no page of gold ..... No sheet embossed with cunning art ..... But here 's a solemn pledge of old:"I love you, love, with all my heart."And if in what I send you hereYou read not all of love expressed, Go ..... go to gran'ma, Elsie dear, And she will tell you all the rest! Which line in the poem shows evidence to Part A?
37. Japanese verse in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image.
38. Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
39. When two words have similar, but not the same, middle and end sounds.
40. Figurative language
41. A comparison between two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as."
42. Direct comparisson saying one thing is another; symbolic. Does not use "like" or "as"
43. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
44. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word like or as.
45. Using the words "like" or "as" to compare one thing to another is called a:
46. "The house was an island, cut off from the rest of the community."
47. Sylvia Plath uses this type of poetry for the majority of her work.
48. Simile or Metaphor?The assignment was a breeze.
49. Giving an object human-like qualities
50. What is a slant rhyme in poetry?
51. The fire exit signs indicate or ..... were to go if there is a fire exit.
52. ..... is is a regular rhythm in a poem.
53. True or false:a word always rhymes with itself
54. A Poem that expresses sorrow or mourning for someone who has died.
55. Instead of a paragraph, a chunk of lines in poetry are called a .....
56. How many syllables? elephant
57. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound.
58. Repeating sounds, words, phrases or lines in a poem
59. A comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as"
60. The character who is the voice of the poem (usually not the author; sometimes this character is a part of the poem OR outside of the poem
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