Poetry Terms Quiz 374 (20 MCQs)

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1. Very short poem of Japanese origin; has 17 syllables total:5, 7, 5

Correct Answer: B) Haiku.

2. A suggested meaning

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

3. The pattern of rhyming.

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme.

4. The many uses of the phrase "Nevermore" at the end of lines in Edgar Alan Poe's "The Raven" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: D) Repetition .

5. ..... refers to words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses.

Correct Answer: A) Imagery.

6. Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.

Correct Answer: C) Banished.

7. This is repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

Correct Answer: A) Repetition.

8. To find the meter of a poem you find its:

Correct Answer: B) Beat.

9. Enjambment is

Correct Answer: C) When a sentence of poetry runs over two lines.

10. A group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph, how a poem is divided

Correct Answer: D) Stanza.

11. Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number so call me maybeis repeated 8 times in "Call Me, Maybe" . This is an example of

Correct Answer: C) Refrain.

12. A saying not meant to be taken literally

Correct Answer: A) Idiom.

13. When a poem is used to describe something, especially artwork, it is described as this .....

Correct Answer: A) Ekphrastic.

14. Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings

Correct Answer: B) Lyric poetry.

15. Language that is not literal

Correct Answer: B) Figurative language.

16. A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as, " often used to create vivid imagery

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

17. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

18. A figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea.

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

19. A list of descriptive words arranged to form the shape of the object being described

Correct Answer: C) Shape poetry.

20. A(n) ..... is when words near each other have the same beginning consonant sound.

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.