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Poetry Terms Quiz 38 (60 MCQs)

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1. Personification, what is it?
2. "O, Helios, great sun-god, you gave me this gold for a high occasion" ~ paraphrased from MEDEA
3. An allusion is a(n)?
4. What is a fourteen-line poem about love that ends with a couplet is?
5. The beat of a poem, based on syllables
6. Poetry free from any fixed or repeated patterns?
7. A duck's constant request for grapes is an example of .....
8. The juxtaposition of harsh jarring sounds in one or more lines
9. What type of figurative language is the following? "I am not ready to throw it out just yet."
10. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
11. When the text compares two things using the terms "like" or "as?"
12. All the world is a stage,
13. The patterns of rhymes used in a poem, marked by letters to symbolize pattern
14. A group of words placed together similar to a paragraph is called a-
15. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" is an example of .....
16. " Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary, "-Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
17. A grouping of lines of verse in a pattern usually repeated throughout the poem
18. Word endings that sound exactly alike, but the beginnings are different
19. Definition:Rhyme
20. "You are my sunshine" is an example of
21. The repetition of vowel sounds within words, phrases or sentences
22. The scarlet ibis representing Doodle is an example of:
23. Restating the same words or phrases
24. Which is the best example of sibilance?
25. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is .....
26. What type of figurative language compares similar items without using 'like' or 'as'?
27. The overall mood, attitude, or feeling of the poem.
28. Japanese-style poem written in three linesFocuses traditionally on natureLines respectively are 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables
29. Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
30. The crunch of leaves under my feet and the chill of the wind around me
31. The "attitude" of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).
32. Compares two apparently unlike things without the use of a connecting word
33. Which word means the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a group of words?
34. A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech
35. What is the syllabic pattern of this haiku?Winter by the pondice hangs from a craggy treeWhere did the frogs go?
36. A form of writing in verseWhile many of these consist of lines that rhyme, rhyming is not necessary.
37. What is the purpose of using alliteration in poetry?
38. Repeated vowel sounds
39. What is the correct term for the following definition? The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem:AABBA, ABACDC, etc.
40. The name given to poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme.
41. Writing that has a beat has .....
42. Characteristic speech and thought patterns in a work of literature.
43. What is the style of a limerick?
44. Which is an example of an idiom .....
45. Match the meaning to the word:Comparing two things using like or as
46. Sensory details that an author uses to put a picture in the reader's mind.
47. Is elision a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration?
48. The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
49. Words that almost rhyme but do not make a complete rhyme
50. The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.
51. Which figurative language is this an example of:The old man was as blind as a bat.
52. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of word
53. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter; a poem meant to be sung.
54. A couplet has ..... lines
55. You should preview a poem looking at shape, line length, and stanzas before reading it.
56. Repetition of the same sounds in words that appear near each other in a poem, often at the end of the line, used to create a musical effect
57. She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting. What is the mood of the passage?
58. Poetry that does not have rhyme or rhythm is called
59. Which term means using colors, objects, or people to represent a deeper idea?
60. What is a rhyme? An example of words that rhyme:bed and red.
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