Poetry Terms Quiz 428 (20 MCQs)

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1. Expressive use of language where a group of words are not used in their literal sense

Correct Answer: D) Figures of speech.

2. A comparison that uses "like" or "as" .

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

3. A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated for effect.

Correct Answer: A) Refrain.

4. The race car zoomed past the finish line.

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia.

5. A brief reference to a real or fictional person or place.

Correct Answer: D) Allusion.

6. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the word like, or as

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

7. The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Correct Answer: D) Rhythm.

8. Rhyme that comes at the end of lines is:

Correct Answer: A) End rhyme.

9. Food and flood, as well as laughter and slaughter, are examples of

Correct Answer: B) Eye rhyme.

10. Which poem matches the rhyme scheme ABBA

Correct Answer: C) I just saw a cowHe wore bright green pantsAnd did a fun danceMy one thought was "Wow".

11. The ..... of a poem is the planned placing of elements to achieve an effect

Correct Answer: B) Strategy/rhetorical strategy.

12. An end-stopped line.....

Correct Answer: A) Has punctuation at the end of the line.

13. Type of poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter

Correct Answer: B) Free Verse.

14. A thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line.

Correct Answer: C) Enjambed lines.

15. When an author repeats a word or phrase to add emphasis or power

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

16. A rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently (Ex. "cove and dove" and "wind and bind")

Correct Answer: B) Eye Rhyme.

17. Giving human qualities to non-humans

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

18. ..... is the use of exaggeration for effect.Example:I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

19. A line in poetry is most often referred to as a:

Correct Answer: B) Verse.

20. ..... refers to words which sound like the sound or action they describe.

Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia.