Poetry Terms Quiz 261 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which word refers to a group of lines togther in a poem?

Correct Answer: D) Stanza.

2. Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition.

3. The repetition of vowel-sounds.

Correct Answer: C) Assonance.

4. Used to intentionally make a situation seem less important that it really is

Correct Answer: B) Understatement.

5. The voice behind the poem; the character or narrator saying the poem

Correct Answer: A) Speaker.

6. Which type of Imagery are words that help you hear?

Correct Answer: A) Auditory.

7. Lines and words that are musically pleasant to the ear and smooth.

Correct Answer: D) Euphony.

8. A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work.

Correct Answer: C) Theme.

9. The pattern of end rhyme (notated with lowercase letters, each different letter representing a different rhyme)

Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme.

10. An example of the term "tone" is .....

Correct Answer: D) The poet seemed both nostalgic and regretful about their past.

11. The feelings and emotions associated with a word.

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.

12. Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

13. A group of lines that form a verse (like a paragraph)

Correct Answer: C) Stanza.

14. Happens within linesex. and trails and snails

Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme.

15. A group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings

Correct Answer: C) Idiom.

16. A sonnet consisting of 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter

Correct Answer: C) Shakepsearean sonnet.

17. Repeated vowel sounds in a line (or lines) of a poem; often creates near rhyme; this is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Assonance.

18. Two ..... lines that rhyme are called a couplet.

Correct Answer: A) Consecutive.

19. A 7 line poem in the shape of a diamond, follows a pattern, does not rhyme

Correct Answer: D) Diamante.

20. Life is a dream.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.