American Poetry Quiz 3 (12 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is the best definition of imagery?

Correct Answer: C) Language that appeals to the reader's five senses.

2. Which of our authors was enslaved?

Correct Answer: A) Wheatley.

3. How many syllables are in a line of poetry written in iambic pentameter?

Correct Answer: D) 10.

4. Words that START with the same sound and are used repeatedly in a sentence.

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

5. Which term means song?

Correct Answer: C) Strain.

6. Which line of poetry is written in iambic pentameter?

Correct Answer: C) To him who in the love of Nature holds.

7. Which term means to wander?

Correct Answer: D) Rove.

8. How is the word company used in the context of the sentence?"They send me to the kitchen when company comes."Company means (a)

Correct Answer: A) A visitors.

9. What is repetition?

Correct Answer: B) Words or phrases that repeat.

10. True or False:Blank verse poetry rhymes.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. Which term means friendly and cheerful?

Correct Answer: B) Genial.

12. A technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in writing.

Correct Answer: D) Literary device.