Poetry Terms Quiz 175 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. A poem that tells a story is called a-

Correct Answer: C) Narrative story.

2. A group of words arranged in a row. When using as evidence in an essay, these are broken by slashes.

Correct Answer: A) Line.

3. A type of poem where one or more of the characters speak. The "speakers" is someone other than the poet.

Correct Answer: B) Dramatic.

4. Used by poets to convey a poem's meaning and mood

Correct Answer: A) Sound device.

5. What is the correct definition of rhyme?

Correct Answer: A) The repetition of the ending sounds of words at the end of the lines.

6. A section of a play where a specific action takes place is called .....

Correct Answer: B) A scene.

7. Words that appeal to the senses (see, touch, feel, hear, sounds, taste, smell)

Correct Answer: D) Imagery.

8. A poem narrating a story in short stanzas with a rhyme scheme is a?

Correct Answer: C) Ballad.

9. A group of related lines in a poem

Correct Answer: A) Stanza.

10. A poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

Correct Answer: C) Iambic pentameter.

11. Which of the following is a lament for the dead?

Correct Answer: B) Elegy.

12. " A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open" .-Frank Zappa

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

13. Words and phrases that do not have their normal, everyday meaning. Includes similes, metaphors, personification, etc.

Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language.

14. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is a tongue twister resulting from .....

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

15. Use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

16. Ways of using words for the musical sound qualities they create-creates rhythm, mood, and meaning

Correct Answer: C) Sound devices.

17. She smiled a smile as bright as the sun.

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

18. The ideas and feelings that a word brings to mind

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

19. Using like or as to compare two things

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

20. The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginnings of word.

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.