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Poetry Terms Quiz 66 (60 MCQs)

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1. 'What is personification?
2. The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text.
3. The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life
4. The following is an example of what? I wandered lonely as a cloud.
5. Exclaiming "Oh great!" after failing an exam
6. Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
7. Language used for descriptive effect (Not literally true, but expresses figurative meaning)
8. ....., or the broad term of something being simply "ironic, " refers to a discrepancy between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate or expected.
9. What is the definition of assonance?
10. A word that makes its sound
11. What type of figurative language repeats the same sound in multiple words in a line?
12. The way in which the words and lines are arranged on the page.
13. These are rhyming words that fall at the end of two or more lines
14. "she broke in tears when she saw the ring in the box."
15. Save money by spending it
16. The use of words to achieve some special meaning or effect.
17. "Two roads roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."What poem is this a part of?
18. A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem (usually at the end of each stanza or verse) is known as a .....
19. Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is known as .....
20. Who was Emily Dickinson?
21. A haiku should not rhyme.
22. What is comparing two things using the words "like" or "as" called?
23. What type of figurative language is giving an object human qualities?
24. A long stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter and form usually addressing a topic
25. A direct comparison of two objects
26. Words with similar meanings
27. A two-line poem with both lines rhyming
28. Something repeated
29. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore, is an example of .....
30. Which of the following quotes best supports the theme?
31. What is connotation?
32. Which of the following best matches the definition of mood?
33. A poem that tells a story is known as .....
34. ..... poems do not rhyme or follow patterns (do not follow any rules of poetry)
35. What is poetry that does not follow specific rules, styles, or formats, such as rhyming or patterns?
36. Five line poem or stanzas with rhyme scheme AABBA
37. Non-rhyming iambic pentameter
38. What is an autobiographical poem
39. A musical quality in language based on repetition
40. The repetition of the same beginning sound, usually a consonant, in a phrase or line of poetry is called .....
41. Complete this famous line ..... "May the be with you.
42. A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next
43. A longer poem that tells a story is known as a .....
44. Roses are red, Violets are blue. I wish you could see How much I love you! What sound device is indicated by the highlighted words?
45. A writing technique in which similar sounds are at the beginning of words
46. Words whose sounds make you think of their meaning
47. Which technique is illustrated in the following:Two hawks soar and dive peacefully in the wind.A bird, like a flute, sings to a child.The hillside sits as still as a statueAs the great oak watches quietly in the wild.
48. ..... is often funny and a joke, but it is always a play on the multiple meanings or spellings of a word.
49. A six-line stanza
50. What is the allusion? To Jake, her hair seemed like the Nile-sparkling and endless.
51. In ..... poems, the first letter of each line spells out a word or saying.
52. A PAIR of rhyming LINES that form a complete THOUGHT
53. What is repeating word, phrase, or line in a poem?
54. Human qualities given to nonliving objects
55. A long narrative poem which tells of the adventures of heroic characters, over a long period or describes some monumental task. Often, supernatural forces play a part in the action
56. A stanza is to a poem as a ..... is to a story.
57. What is a paradox in poetry?
58. A grouping of lines in poetry expressing a unifying idea
59. To repeat something over and over .....
60. Your smile is like a bright light in my dark world ..... This is a .....
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