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Poetry Terms Quiz 29 (60 MCQs)

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1. Figure of speech intentionally used to make a situation seem less important it really is
2. A word that is used more than one time in a line is called .....
3. Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be .....
4. This ..... you will be learning subtraction
5. A three-line Japanese form that describes something in nature. The first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven syllables.
6. A type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development but the characters of the story are unaware.
7. A poem that has no set length, rhythm, or rhyming pattern.
8. Giving non human objects people qualities or traits
9. In the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf, " a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. When a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? Lucy warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother.
10. Japanese verse form most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
11. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."
12. When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called
13. A form of poetry where a single speaker expresses his/her thoughts or feelings.
14. Define Assonance
15. "I must be cruel to be kind" is an example of .....
16. The repeating of sound, words, phrases or lines in a poem used to emphasize an idea or convey a certain feeling.
17. A 5 line humorous poem with rhyme scheme AABBA
18. Characters, settings, images, or other things that stand in for bigger ideas beyond their literal meaning.
19. An implied analogy or comparison which is carried through a stanza or entire poem
20. The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem.
21. A figure of speech and form of irony in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement.
22. Which word below rhymes exactly with the word "harm" ?
23. Figurative language is best defined as .....
24. Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
25. Matching of the final vowel or consonant sounds in 2 or more words in a line of poetry
26. Repeating ideas to emphasize a point or make you focus on a main idea. An example: "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there's a pair of us-don't tell! They'd banish us you know." from I'm nobody! Who are You?" by Emily Dickinson
27. Begins with several words with the same soundex) twisting trout twinkled in the twilight
28. "The people along the sand, All turn around and look one way. They turn their back on the band, They look at the sea all day" This is an example of
29. What is an onmatopoeia?
30. Which word means:'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'
31. A poem usually written to praise or express sorrow for someone who has died
32. Sounds that resemble what is being described
33. "I shall be telling this with a sigh" is an example of
34. A figure of speech which compares two unlike things using like or as to show a likeness between the two things.
35. ..... is the use of a word or phrase, such as swoosh or clank, that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
36. Repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line. Burnt the fire of thine eyes(William Blake, "The Tiger" ) And I do smile, such cordial light(Emily Dickinson, "My Life Had Stood, A Loaded Gun" )
37. The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem, generally described by using letters of the alphabet to denote the recurrence of rhyming lines, such as ababbcc.
38. Dramatic irony is when
39. In a poem, the end of one line and the start of the next is called a
40. It is a humorous five-line verse. In it, the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme as do the third and fourth.
41. What are the three types of irony?
42. An overstatement or exaggeration. It is used to show emphasis and can often be found within a simile or metaphor
43. The life lesson or moral
44. The repetition of consonant sounds, generally at the beginnings of words
45. "The sunflower danced in the wind" is an example of
46. "whoosh, tick-tock, zoom, purr" are examples of .....
47. When a writer gives hints that suggest future events in a story
48. The reason why an author writes a poem
49. Creates pictures using words-these affect us emotionally and intellectually.
50. "An ambitious young fellow named MattTried to parachute using his hat.Folks below looked so smallAs he started to fall, Then got bigger and bigger and SPLAT!" What kind of poem is shown above?
51. The pattern of end rhyme in poetry is called .....
52. The use of a word that sounds like the thing or diction it describes. BUZZ-BANG-POW
53. Is this a pun? Fish are so smart because they live in schools?
54. The poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter, according to their choice of words. Often described as a "mood" that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem's vocabulary,
55. The overall feeling or atmosphere of the poem that the reader feels, regardless of what choices the author makes
56. A poem or a song narrating a story in short stanzas.
57. "Life is like a chicken wing" is an example of:
58. A line that has 10 beats and the beats have the stress pattern of unstressed/stressed .....
59. "the sweet silky scent of rose petals and pollen filled the air. My garden was speckled with reds pinks, purples, and violets" is an example of
60. A direct comparison between two things.
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