Poetry Quiz 34 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which detail from the poem supports the idea that humans can enjoy nature but should not bother its creatures?

Correct Answer: C) The bird leaves when the speaker offers it a crumb.

2. The repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line of text; a poetic device.

Correct Answer: B) Assonance.

3. When writer forces sounds or words to create rhyme

Correct Answer: A) Slant rhyme or half rhyme.

4. Rhymes at the ends of lines of poetry

Correct Answer: A) End rhyme.

5. "Quit biting that tarp!" I told the spitting cat.

Correct Answer: C) Consonance.

6. The attribution of personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

7. The example highlighted below is an example of?Her ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

8. In the poem, 'Fireflies in the Garden'; What is the author's purpose or the main idea of this poem.

Correct Answer: C) Fireflies can seem like stars but only for a short time.

9. What were the Greek colonies in Southern Italy called?

Correct Answer: A) Magna Graeca.

10. Compares two things at length

Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor.

11. The words and lines create a shape

Correct Answer: A) Concrete poem.

12. A picture with words, sensory language, and images. it appeals to the five senses

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

13. The fourth stripe of the rainbow is .....

Correct Answer: A) Green.

14. Which literary term means a hint about events that will happen later in the story that builds suspense?

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing.

15. Where is the Duchess?

Correct Answer: D) She is dead.

16. The genre of literature that expresses thoughts, ideas, emotions, or feelings through imagery and word choice is what?

Correct Answer: C) Poetry.

17. The use of vivid and descriptive language that allows readers to create a picture in their minds

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

18. The use of words that mimic the sounds they describe.

Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia.

19. What is a comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be or become another thing?

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

20. What type of figurative language is shown?Nancy's nephew needs new notebooks.

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.