Poetry Terms Quiz 422 (20 MCQs)

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1. A poem that rhymes, expresses and emotion, and has a musical rhythm to it is called a ..... This DOES have a regular rhyming pattern.

Correct Answer: D) Lyric poem.

2. Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing in fixed form?

Correct Answer: B) Walt Whitman.

3. A ..... verse poem has the following characteristics:-regular meter-does NOT rhyme-usually used by classical playwrights like Shakespeare

Correct Answer: A) Blank.

4. The way the AUTHOR feels about the subject/words they use

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

5. The repetition of the same vowel sounds in close proximity.

Correct Answer: B) Assonance.

6. An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

7. The voice of a poem

Correct Answer: C) Speaker.

8. Eagles=United Statescross=Christianityred roses=lovelions=power and strengthThese are all examples of:

Correct Answer: C) Symbolism.

9. Iambic pentameter contains ..... feet, each of which contains ..... syllables.

Correct Answer: B) Five, two.

10. Referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the readers.

Correct Answer: A) Mood.

11. "Her eyes are emeralds, " is an example of a .....

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

12. Words that are used to imitate sounds

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

13. Giving an animal, object or abstract idea human qualities

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

14. A single row of a poem, each line does not have to end with a period.

Correct Answer: C) Line.

15. Which is not an example of a figure of speech?

Correct Answer: C) Inferences.

16. Universal message or life lesson

Correct Answer: C) Theme.

17. Alliteration could best be defined as .....

Correct Answer: A) The repetition of consonant sounds.

18. What is the purpose of consonance in poetry?

Correct Answer: A) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables.

19. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is the

Correct Answer: B) Meter.

20. Gives human qualities to something that is non-human (The Ocean crashed angrily.)

Correct Answer: A) Personification.