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Poetry Terms Quiz 83 (60 MCQs)

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1. What poem is usually narrative, which means they tell a story, and arranged in 4 line quatrains with an ABAB rhyme scheme?
2. Successions of similar sounds:repetition of first consonant sound of a word
3. Which of the following statements best demonstrates Rhyme?
4. Syntax refers to .....
5. A poem traditionally from Ireland that is often silly, funny, or rude with a rhyme scheme of aabba
6. What type of poem tell a story in verse and likely has characters, a setting, plot, conflict, and theme?
7. Putting 2 opposite things side by side for effect; it makes the contrast more obvious.
8. Which term means giving human characteristics to non-human things?
9. The following is an example of what:The fingertips of the rain tapped on my window.
10. A noun denoting a material object rather than an abstract quality, state, or action, e.g. dog, building, tree, is called .....
11. I am a heel breaking the ground.
12. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? The MMA fighter went after his opponent like a lion chasing a zebra.
13. A line of poetry containing 10 syllables, one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable; also known as blank verse
14. Poetry can be understood:
15. 'I knew you'd love your gaudy doll'Is the word 'gaudy'
16. What type of figurative language is shown? Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.
17. One measure of a rhythmic pattern such as one iamb, one trochee .....
18. The boing of a spring
19. Something which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something broader than itself.
20. A syllable uttered in a higher pitch-or with greater emphasis-than others.
21. The repetition of words with the same beginning sound
22. The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
23. In poetry, what is FREE VERSE?
24. Interpretations of words beyond the literal; an underlying or implied meaning
25. What are words that end in the same consonant sound or vowel and consonant sounds called?
26. Graphic elements
27. How do you indicate the rhyme scheme of a poem?
28. What poetic device is this an example of?"Rudy, you're an apple on a pine tree in a room full of lemons"
29. A word that imitates the natural sound of something is called
30. Poets write in a ..... way to express emotion in their writing
31. It is important to consider the title of the poem because .....
32. A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain.
33. The overall beat, pace, and tempo patterns of the poem
34. Poetry is divided into:
35. Which element of poetry is highlighted in this quote? "The flowers begged for water."
36. Another word for a poetic paragraph is:
37. Comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison
38. The end of one stanza and the start of the next, typically indicated by a space
39. Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person. Example:Wordsworth ..... "Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour / England has need of thee"
40. What figurative language is used in this sentence? "Theboy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"
41. How the reader feels when reading a poem
42. The poetry portfolio is due .....
43. The repetition of the same vowel sounds in nearby words: "asleep under a tree, " "time and tide, " "each evening."
44. Structure is .....
45. Using words that mimic or imitate the actual sound.*Ex. "Crunch!"
46. Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
47. The pushy fish said, "Hush!"
48. A story told in verse, often with repeated refrain. These poems are often about folk heroes, adventures, or historical events.
49. "His boss called him under the carpet" is an example of an ..... ?
50. Which sentence shows an example of personification?
51. Poems made up of loose groupings of words and phrases are called
52. Is a pattern of rhyme. Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually "see" the pattern
53. When a poetic line moves to the next poetic line without a syntactic break, i.e., without an end-stop.
54. A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero.
55. A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
56. Which of the following refers to the literal meaning of a word?
57. A unified group of lines in poetry that is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
58. A comparison of two objects using like or as
59. The overall pattern a poem follows to make a particular type of peom
60. How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?
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