Poetry Terms Quiz 122 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Compares two apparently unlike things without the use of a connecting word
2. Which word means the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a group of words?
3. A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech
4. What is the syllabic pattern of this haiku?Winter by the pondice hangs from a craggy treeWhere did the frogs go?
5. A form of writing in verseWhile many of these consist of lines that rhyme, rhyming is not necessary.
6. What is the purpose of using alliteration in poetry?
7. Repeated vowel sounds
8. What is the correct term for the following definition? The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem:AABBA, ABACDC, etc.
9. The name given to poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme.
10. Writing that has a beat has .....
11. Characteristic speech and thought patterns in a work of literature.
12. What is the style of a limerick?
13. Which is an example of an idiom .....
14. Similes
15. Match the meaning to the word:Comparing two things using like or as
16. Sensory details that an author uses to put a picture in the reader's mind.
17. Is elision a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration?
18. The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
19. Words that almost rhyme but do not make a complete rhyme
20. The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.