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Poetry Terms Quiz 152 (60 MCQs)

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1. A feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the atmosphere of a story
2. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry is a haiku or rhythm?
3. That poor woman has so many mouths to feed. She spends all day in the kitchen.
4. Form of Japanese poetry with three lines and a specific number of syllables in each line
5. What is the correct spelling of the word that means a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
6. A long narrative poem that tells the story of a heroic or legendary figure.
7. The use of a sound or element more than once is known as:
8. Inflection is an ..... on specific words
9. What type of poem describes an object and relates it to a bigger idea?
10. To give human characteristics to something non-human.
11. A poem that is made in the shape of your topic is called?
12. A group of lines that usually develop one idea
13. The attitude of the author towards the subject that he/she is writing about is called .....
14. Rhyme within the same line
15. The repetition of consonant sounds is known as what:
16. Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
17. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.
18. (She is pretty like a bird. He is as smart as cold as ice)
19. The speaker (or poet's) attitude towards the subject of the poem
20. A metaphor is nonhuman human traits
21. Usually refers to a single line of poetry, but can mean any part of a poem or any poetry.
22. This is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
23. Written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out
24. A type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways
25. Shows conflict with humor, is meant to be a funny play
26. Repetition of the initial consonant sound.
27. Ending a line with a complete sentence or clause ..... ends with punctuation
28. Its dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have
29. Which sentence is an example of assonance?
30. The work of art spoke to us is an example of a ..... ?
31. Harsh, jarring sound; discord.
32. Giving human qualities to non-human things or ideas is known as .....
33. A group of two or more lines together
34. A fixed form of poetry consisting of 14 lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter
35. Language that means exactly what it says.
36. Repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words, most often at the beginning of words
37. Rhyming words placed within a line (The mouse in the house woke the cat.)
38. Comparing two things without like or as
39. Poetry defined by its lack of structure
40. "word" pictures" that writers use to recreate vivid experiences and evoke an emotional response in readers
41. A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing.
42. Which of Bryant's poems contains his thoughts on death?
43. What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, slpat)
44. "The use of words that sound like what they describe" is a definition of:
45. A tercet consists of .....
46. "I hope Hanna's house has heat, " is an example of which poetic device?
47. "Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul"is an example of
48. Repetition of initial consonant sounds to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects
49. Words that are harsh sounding to the ear
50. The repetition of the beginning of a phrase or clause for emphasis.
51. I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvitedBut I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight itThe TONE in this line seems to be:
52. Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
53. Two or more lines of poetry that together form the sections of the poem
54. What is the speaker in a poem?
55. The repetition of sounds at the BEGINNING of words. (Ex:She sells sea shells by the sea shore).
56. A three line Japanese form that describes something in nature. Follows 5-7-5 syllable form.
57. The pattern of a poem in which the endings of certain lines rhyme with each other (A B A B ..... ) is called .....
58. When we returned from vacation, I said, "There's no place like home!"
59. My words are chains of lead.
60. How many vowels are in the vocabulary word that means "it makes the sound that imitates its meaning."
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