Poetry Terms Quiz 246 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. An author's tone that inspires a thoughtful atmosphere, can lead to a formal and thought-provoking feeling in writing
2. The use of any element of language-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence-more than once.
3. Single line of a poem
4. The pattern of end rhymes in a poem ..... You can identify this by using different letters of the alphabet for each rhyme. (Like it's an ABBA, CDDC octave ..... )
5. A reference to something famous
6. A comparison using words such as "like" or "as"
7. A dividing and organizing technique which places a group of lines in a poem together, separated from other groups of lines by line spacing or indentation.
8. A sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated regularly in a poem. Is a word, line, or phrase repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself.
9. What is the term for the rhythm, expression, pitch, and flow when we speak and read out loud?
10. Which of the following is an example of a slant rhyme?
11. 2 words together that are contradictory but create a new or deeper meaning. (Examples:greatly bad, jumbo shrimp,
12. A word at the end or one line that rhymes with a word at the end of another line of poetry
13. "So Eden sank to grief, " a line from a Robert Frost poem, contains
14. The mood and emotion a poem evokes is called .....
15. An extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passage or an entire poem
16. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme
17. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'I've told you a million times'?
18. Her smile is sunshine
19. What is concrete poetry?
20. Two words that rhyme on the same line