Poetry Terms Quiz 140 (20 MCQs)

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1. This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

2. Repetition of the beginning sounds in multiple words

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

3. A 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter

Correct Answer: D) Sonnet.

4. Words that imitate the sound they are naming

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

5. My head was pounding, pounding, pounding after being in the loud gym.Is this an example of

Correct Answer: C) Repetition?.

6. "It was so hot that the streets melted." This is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

7. A repeated pattern of sound or movement in music, poetry, or dance

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

8. These do not use the words "like" or "as" and instead imply that one thing is the other.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphors.

9. Meanings suggested or implied by a word

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.

10. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, work, etc.

Correct Answer: C) Allusion.

11. True or False:The rhythm of the poem can be slow or fast, depending on the tone and mood of the poem.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. Comparison of two unlike things

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

13. Words that attempt to imitate sound matching the final sounds at the end of words in lines of poetry is called:

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme.

14. "The wind whistles" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

15. Third

Correct Answer: B) Stanza or poem of 3 lines.

16. Poetry without any set rhythm or rhyme. Lines may vary in length. There might be rhyming, but it won't have a consistent pattern.

Correct Answer: C) Free Verse Poetry.

17. Which of these situations would not require you to annotate by underling or highlighting the text?

Correct Answer: B) Information you already know.

18. ..... is Monday, February 16th.

Correct Answer: B) Today.

19. Literature that conveys a thought, describes a scene, or tells a story in a lyrical arrangement of words.

Correct Answer: B) Poetry.

20. Ballad

Correct Answer: A) A song or songlike poem that tells a story.