Poetry Terms Quiz 214 (20 MCQs)

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1. A book of poems by different poets

Correct Answer: B) Anthology.

2. Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or moodis called

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

3. Words that have the same end sound, but are not spelled the same at the end of the words.

Correct Answer: B) Half Rhyme.

4. A poem with fixed rules made up of rhythm and/or rhyme scheme is .....

Correct Answer: C) Traditional.

5. This signals one stanza has ended and a new one is beginning.

Correct Answer: D) Stanza break.

6. The feeling the poet is trying to convey

Correct Answer: A) Mood.

7. A type of poem that tells a story.

Correct Answer: C) Ballad.

8. The beat created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in words

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

9. Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of two or more clauses or lines.

Correct Answer: D) Anahora.

10. A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

Correct Answer: D) Repetition.

11. The lesson or moral of the story or poem that relates to life.

Correct Answer: A) Theme.

12. Tanya never stops talking.

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

13. The process of marking meter is .....

Correct Answer: A) Scansion.

14. The runner is a cheetah.

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

15. What is the definition of the term:Symbol?

Correct Answer: B) Anything that stands for something else. In addition to having its own meaning and reality, also represents abstract ideas.

16. Repeating initial consonant sounds

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

17. What is "a 17-syllable, delicate unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature" ?

Correct Answer: A) Haiku.

18. The literary term for a poem ostensibly about farming and the practical aspects of rustic life is

Correct Answer: B) Georgic.

19. "Blazing in gold and quenching in purple, "

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

20. A way to divide sections of lines in a poem. Similar to a paragraph in prose.

Correct Answer: C) Stanza.