Poetry Terms Quiz 90 (20 MCQs)

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1. (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Correct Answer: C) Enjambment.

2. What are made by repeating similar sounds in the last words of different lines?

Correct Answer: A) End rhymes.

3. Rhyme within one line of poetry

Correct Answer: D) Internal rhyme.

4. Which of the following terms is defined as:the emotions or feelings that are conveyed in a literary work

Correct Answer: A) Mood.

5. A poem that tells a story and has narrative elements (plot, protagonist, etc.)

Correct Answer: D) Narrative.

6. "April is the cruelest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain."

Correct Answer: B) Enjambment.

7. A direct comparison between unlike things with similar qualities, not using "like" or "as" .

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

8. Word order

Correct Answer: C) Syntax.

9. The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words and syllables

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

10. When lines are organized in units of meaning; always separated by extra white space.

Correct Answer: D) Stanzas.

11. "In this game of life, your family is the court and your ball is your heart"

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

12. What is a Free Verse

Correct Answer: A) A poem with no pattern or rhyme scheme.

13. The sound and feel created by the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables

Correct Answer: D) Rhythm.

14. Quatrain

Correct Answer: A) A stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines.

15. Betty Botter bought some butter Which literary device is used here?

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

16. A semantic field is

Correct Answer: D) A group of words whose meanings are related, eg love, war.

17. Giving an animal human-like qualities

Correct Answer: A) Anthropomorphism.

18. An intentional exaggeration or overstatement

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

19. Writing that creates mental pictures through figurative language, descriptions, and sensory words

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

20. The old woman I saw at the park looked one billion years old! This is an example of .....

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.