Poetry Terms Quiz 314 (20 MCQs)

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1. What kind of rhyme is employed in this lines from a poem:I see the red boat that has a red flag.Just like my red coat and my little red pail.

Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme.

2. An extreme exaggeration to emphasize the truth or show humor.

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

3. Poetry that rejects older, more traditional forms in favor of verse that sounds more like natural human speech is called:

Correct Answer: C) Open form.

4. A play on words, where an author employs a word that has a second meaning or that sounds to a similar word, and both meanings can be applied

Correct Answer: A) Pun.

5. A pattern of stressed (strong) and unstressed (weak) syllables is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Meter.

6. Does this sentence have a literal or figurative meaning? The bridge of my nose is bruised.

Correct Answer: A) Literal.

7. This is a song-like narrative poem, usually written in rhymes stanzas and only 4-6 lines featuring repetition and strong meter

Correct Answer: D) Ballad.

8. The following is an example of which sound device? "Proud round cloud"

Correct Answer: B) Assonance.

9. What is a line in poetry?

Correct Answer: D) Sentences in a stanza.

10. A long narrative poem about the adventures of gods and/or heros.

Correct Answer: B) Epic poem.

11. ..... is an open form, but does not have regular patterns of rhyme.

Correct Answer: C) Free verse.

12. If a piece of literature is not poetry, it is called:

Correct Answer: B) Prose.

13. Language that describes a vivid sensory experience

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

14. "The Sun smiled at us."Is an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

15. When a line of poetry has ten syllables per line following an unstressed/stressed pattern

Correct Answer: C) Iambic pentameter.

16. A cinquain consists of .....

Correct Answer: A) 5 lines.

17. Something that stands for itself, but also something larger than itself.

Correct Answer: C) Symbolism.

18. Which is the correct defintion of Simile?

Correct Answer: A) A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.

19. The musical quality created by meter

Correct Answer: D) Rhythm.

20. The central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, or narrative is

Correct Answer: A) Theme.