Poetry Terms Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. What literary device is this?A family is like a circle.The connection never ends, and even if at times it breaks, in time it always mends.
2. Repeating an initial consonant sound
3. What is the Moral or ..... of the story?
4. What is the definition of rhythm in poetry?
5. What are consonant sounds?
6. True or false:A haiku is a Japanese style poem written in three lines, focuses traditionally on nature themes, and has a pattern of 5 words, 7 words, 5 words
7. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
8. A device that compares things using the words 'like' or 'as'
9. Compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as"
10. A strong or accented syllable
11. Carefully chosen words help the reader feel emotion.
12. This is something concrete that represents and idea, feeling, or emotion.
13. A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the terms 'like' or 'as'
14. Which is NOT true of free verse?
15. Which is an example of a simile?
16. Relying on humor or satire, a three-line poem with five-seven-five syllable lines is a/an
17. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love-"Annabel Lee" -Edgar Allan Poe Where is the refrain in this poem?
18. A typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature; "universal symbol"
19. A comparison of two things using "like, as than" or "resembles"
20. Repeating the same words or phrases at the beginning of sentences, phrases or paragraphs.
21. Using words with the same beginning sound is called
22. Two lines that rhyme, but they also often have the same meter, or rhythmic structure in a verse or line
23. What type of figurative language is this statement:Love is a thrill ride.
24. What is a line break?
25. What is the definition of poetry?
26. Approximate rime
27. The yellow dog Was sitting on a log.Is this an example of
28. The musical quality of a poem
29. What is the meaning of the term 'rhyme'?
30. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
31. "Her eyes are green as emeralds, " is an example of what figurative language?
32. When a word or phrase is repeated in a poem.
33. Group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song, similar to paragraph in prose
34. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, form a
35. A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.
36. "Life is one long scary rollercoaster" is an example of .....
37. I died of embarrassment
38. What is the following an example of? The boy was so bored by the lesson, he was pulling his hair out.
39. Poetry without regular meter, rhyme, or line length
40. Free verse has no rhyme scheme pattern or metrical pattern
41. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of syllables
42. What is a lyric poem
43. A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter
44. The atmosphere or feelings the author creates for the reader.
45. Similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words
46. What is being personified:The wind sang a sad song.
47. The way a poem looks is its .....
48. Songlike poems that tell stories. They often deal with adventure or romance.
49. The repetition of (beginning) consonant sounds.
50. What form of poetry is funny, silly, and may rhyme?
51. Which term means the repetition of a vowel sound?
52. The stressed and unstressed syllables. An example:1 2 3 4 5 Shall I I com PARE I thee TO I a SUM I mer's DAY?
53. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
54. Emotions and ideas associated with a word; can be positive, negative, or neutral
55. A CHARACTER IN CONFLICT WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER (THE PROTAGONIST)
56. The thoughts, feelings, and images associated with a word.
57. A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
58. A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words
59. Which vocabulary word is being defined? The repetition of sounds at the end of words, such as pool, rule, and fool?
60. What is the best way to explain what a stanza is?