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Poetry Terms Quiz 40 (60 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as
2. In the phrase 'the wind howled angrily', what figure of speech is being used?
3. Repeating the same sentence structure or pattern of words.
4. Giving human-like qualities to animals, objects or ideas.
5. A word that sounds like what it means. Ex:buzz, click, bang, sizzle
6. In Flander's field the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row. That mark our pace; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly.
7. What kind of figurative language shows an extravagant exaggeration?
8. Which figure of speech is exemplified by the word 'sizzle'?
9. A central or universal idea (expresses truth about human behavior)**usually the "moral" or lesson learned**
10. ..... gives human or lifelike characteristics to something that is not human or not alive.
11. There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!'
12. A Shakespearean Sonnet contains this many lines of poetry:
13. Words that carry opposite meanings to create an image
14. Rhymes within lines
15. Language that gives the reader a vivid picture; appeals to at least one of the five senses.
16. Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices.
17. What is the definition of a rhyme scheme?
18. Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line
19. A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation represents a larger idea.
20. ..... is the use of sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines more than once.
21. Home is a Prison for Grounded Youth Homes across America serve as prison cells for the countless children who are currently being grounded. For some, grounding is a vacation, complete with the luxuries of a big screen television, video games, and snacks. For others, grounding is a season of deprivation. "My parents took away all of my electronic devices, " one inmate whined. Many kids on strict grounding complain that it is cruel to take entertainment away from a child who doesn't have the attention span to withstand a lengthy period of time spent away from a glowing screen. What type of figurative language is used?
22. Poem's speaker; who serves as the same function as the narrator in a story
23. Repetition of the beginning consonant sound in words
24. A three line poetry form originating in Japan. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7, and the third line has 5 syllables
25. Correspondence of sound between words or endings of words, especially when they are at the ends of lines in poetry.
26. An expression that means something other than the literal meaning
27. A repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
28. A group of lines (like a paragraph)
29. Choose the example with alliteration
30. A form of writing that often uses imagery, rhyme or rhythm to create an emotional response
31. What do we call sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch
32. A figure that directly addresses an absent imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love
33. Words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds
34. Definition:is a pair of rhyming lines, usually the same length and meter
35. This is when one thing is compared to something else ..... by saying that one thing IS something else.
36. Lines grouped together in a poem are called a
37. Rhythmic, compressed language that appeals to emotion or the imagination
38. The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllablesis called
39. Poems that do not have a rhyme scheme
40. The rhyming sounds at the end of each line of poetry. The first one is represented by a lower case "a, " the next by "b, " the third by "c, " and so on.
41. ..... is a poem that does not have a regular rhyming pattern.
42. What makes up the structure of a poem
43. What word describes two feet of verse?
44. Which of the following is not an example of imagery?
45. A comparison of two or more unlike things in order to show a similarity in their characteristics; there are two main types:-simile-metaphor
46. Can be complete or incomplete; alternative to a sentence
47. Words that make a sound is called:
48. Words arranged in short lines, usually with carefully chosen words that often rhyme
49. The way the poet feels about the subject in the poem is called the
50. A ..... is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line
51. Comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.
52. The repetition of end sounds in a word.
53. Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
54. Does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllablesDoes NOT have a rhymeVery conversational-sounds like someone talking with you
55. A metaphor that directly states that one thing IS another is called a(n) .....
56. What is an exaggeration is called?
57. What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.
58. Uncertainty, vagueness
59. What is the purpose of using hyperbole in poetry?
60. Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sounds followed by identical consonant sounds
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