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Poetry Terms Quiz 54 (60 MCQs)

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1. What would the rhyme scheme be? You act so cool / But I am no fool / You play the game / But all you care about is fame
2. A line of poetry that shows an image and expresses ideas that appeal to the sense is called what?
3. A fourteen line rhyming poem written in iambic pentameter
4. A short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings in an emotional, song-like manner
5. Style of speaking or writing; an author's choice of words
6. Emily Dickinson was a(n)
7. Which term means a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as?
8. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a spidey sense that warns him of impending trouble.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle.
9. Compares two things using "like" or "as" in the sentence.
10. A language that is not meant to be taken literally
11. A reference to a well known work of literature, art, music, etc.
12. The metrical unit, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables, by which a line of poetry is measured.
13. The attitude the poem's narrator (may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character.
14. Which example from Richard Siken's "Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out" is enjambed?
15. When the author uses words to paint a picture in your head.
16. Choose the best example of Alliteration.
17. Extreme exaggeration for effect or to emphasize a point
18. The feeling a reader or listener gets from hearing a poem is .....
19. Chocolate is my Achilles' heel
20. A mournful, contemplative lyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead, often ending in a consolation
21. Words that nearly rhyme
22. A rhymed pair of lines.
23. "I'm an open book" is an example of:
24. A literary technique when two or more words are linked that share the same first consonant sound, such as "fish fry."
25. A poem that describes an object, written in the shape of the object.
26. A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, or than.
27. Word that is the meaning of a sound.
28. A pattern of words that have similar endings.
29. A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated
30. An authors uses details to appeal to the senses
31. Words that sound similar but do not rhyme perfectly are called .....
32. The literal meaning of a wor
33. Is this a pun? It's raining cats and dogs.
34. When an author references another literary work, myth, a religious text, etc. and assumes the reader will understand the reference
35. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles
36. The person telling or narrating the poem is called the:
37. Gently rapping, rapping on my window
38. The author places a person, concept, place, idea, or theme parallel to another to highlight the contrast between the two and compare them
39. When 2 or more words end in the same sound.
40. A literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter
41. "Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay." -Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Referring to the Biblical Garden of Eden is what type of figurative language?
42. Define free verse poetry.
43. A sound, word, phrase, or line that is repeated for emphasis
44. End of one line of poetry and beginning of a new line
45. Repetitive sounds produced by consonants
46. Type of meter that has 2 syllables, (unstressed$\rightarrow$stressed)
47. I feel as free as a bird.
48. A form of literature that uses rhythm, rhyme, sound, or structure to express something in an artistic way
49. Choose the definition for:simile
50. Which kind of metrical foot goes in an unstressed, unstressed, stressed pattern?
51. A phrase that has to be interpreted is called-
52. 1 stressed syllable + 1 (or 2) stressed/unstressed syllables =
53. A unit of verse consisting the words in a single row
54. "She's a good swimmer, but she's no Ariel." This is an example of
55. Compares two unlike things without using the words like or as
56. Who is talking in the poem
57. The second meaning of a word, the additional meaning of a word apart from its literal meaning
58. It is the use of rhyming words within a line of poetry.
59. The Following is an example of which Poetry Device: "Shine bright like a diamond"
60. A poem with 14 lines and is written in iambic pentamter with each line having 10 syllables
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