Poetry Terms Quiz 179 (20 MCQs)

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1. A three-line stanza with rhymes aba, bcb, cdc, such as used in Dante's Divine Comedy

Correct Answer: B) Third rime.

2. What is something that stands in for something else?

Correct Answer: A) Symbol.

3. "The stars in the sky winked, " is an example of what?

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

4. All sonnets have how many lines?

Correct Answer: A) 14.

5. Words that mean more than their literal meaning

Correct Answer: B) Figurative language.

6. A form of writing that is imaginative, emotional and thought provoking.

Correct Answer: A) Poetry.

7. A division within a poem, like a paragraph for poetry

Correct Answer: A) Stanza.

8. Dactylic meter

Correct Answer: D) Meter consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables.

9. What is internal rhyme?

Correct Answer: B) Where two words in the same line rhyme.

10. She sells seashells by the seashore. This is an example of-

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

11. The ordinary form of written language that uses sentences and paragraphs.

Correct Answer: A) Prose.

12. Words that end in the same sounds

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme.

13. Lines or words are repeated in a poem

Correct Answer: A) Repetition.

14. An example of onomatopoeia would be

Correct Answer: D) Sizzle.

15. Shakespeare wrote 154 of these types of poems. They are often about love and contain 14 lines with a set rhyme scheme.

Correct Answer: A) Sonnet.

16. A poem that contains dialogue, two or more people talking

Correct Answer: C) Dramatic.

17. Sending

Correct Answer: A) A brief ending (usually to a ballade or sestina) no more than 4 lines long; summary.

18. Correspondence of sounds

Correct Answer: D) Rhyme.

19. In general, the repetition of the syllables at the end of a line of verse or poetry. (Words that have the same sound when spoken.)

Correct Answer: D) Rhyme.

20. A poem that does not use rhymes or patterns

Correct Answer: C) Free Verse.