Poetry Terms Quiz 118 (20 MCQs)

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1. An example of this is: "Sara's seven sisters slept soundly."

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

2. She was as tall as a giraffe

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

3. Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant literally.

Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language.

4. What type of figurative language is the following example?A tree represents life and growth.

Correct Answer: C) Symbol.

5. A poem may be interpreted in multiple ways.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. The order of words in a sentence or phrase that a poet uses is called:

Correct Answer: C) Syntax.

7. A Cliche is?

Correct Answer: C) An idea that has been over-used.

8. Pattern of rhyming lines; named with letters of the alphabet (ex. ABAB)

Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme.

9. What is this? What is this? What is this?

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

10. This is giving non-human things human qualities.

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

11. Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

12. A poem usually about nature

Correct Answer: A) Haiku.

13. Person, place, thing or event used to represent something else

Correct Answer: B) Symbol.

14. A group of words sectioned off together ..... like a paragraph in an essay

Correct Answer: D) Stanza.

15. Which term refers to a line of poetry?

Correct Answer: A) Verse.

16. A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Correct Answer: A) Haiku.

17. Which word below is not an onomatopoeia?

Correct Answer: B) Cow.

18. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a word.

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

19. A complex poem about a serious subject

Correct Answer: D) Ode.

20. A-a-a-a-; a-b-a-b; a-b-b-a; a-a-b-a; etc.

Correct Answer: C) Quatrain.