Poetry Terms Quiz 266 (20 MCQs)

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1. I am a heel breaking the ground.

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

2. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? The MMA fighter went after his opponent like a lion chasing a zebra.

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

3. A line of poetry containing 10 syllables, one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable; also known as blank verse

Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter.

4. Poetry can be understood:

Correct Answer: C) On both a literal and figurative level.

5. 'I knew you'd love your gaudy doll'Is the word 'gaudy'

Correct Answer: B) An adjective.

6. What type of figurative language is shown? Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

7. One measure of a rhythmic pattern such as one iamb, one trochee .....

Correct Answer: A) Foot.

8. The boing of a spring

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

9. Something which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something broader than itself.

Correct Answer: B) Symbolism.

10. A syllable uttered in a higher pitch-or with greater emphasis-than others.

Correct Answer: C) Stress.

11. The repetition of words with the same beginning sound

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

12. The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

13. In poetry, what is FREE VERSE?

Correct Answer: B) A style of poetry writing with no regular meter and no consistent identifiable patterns of stanza or rhythm.

14. Interpretations of words beyond the literal; an underlying or implied meaning

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

15. What are words that end in the same consonant sound or vowel and consonant sounds called?

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme.

16. Graphic elements

Correct Answer: B) Letters, line length, and word position; also called the "shape" of a poem.

17. How do you indicate the rhyme scheme of a poem?

Correct Answer: A) Using letters of the alphabet.

18. What poetic device is this an example of?"Rudy, you're an apple on a pine tree in a room full of lemons"

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

19. A word that imitates the natural sound of something is called

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

20. Poets write in a ..... way to express emotion in their writing

Correct Answer: A) Lyrical.