Poetry Terms Quiz 139 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Whose woods these are"

Correct Answer: C) Inversion.

2. A repetition of sounds at the ends of words

Correct Answer: D) Rhyme.

3. Tells a story in verse; has elements similar to stories such as plot and characters

Correct Answer: C) Narrative.

4. Unrhymed 3 line lyric poem; lines 1 and 3 have five syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables. Japanese art form, typically about nature.

Correct Answer: C) Haiku.

5. What is the definition of alliteration in poetry?

Correct Answer: C) Repetition of consonant sounds.

6. A long, narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme

Correct Answer: B) Ballad.

7. Using sound to affect the meaning or reading of the text

Correct Answer: C) Sound Devices.

8. ..... about an absent person, idea, or thing?

Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe.

9. Inference

Correct Answer: A) A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

10. "My students are dynamic, my students are funny, and my students make me happy, " is an example of .....

Correct Answer: D) Anaphora.

11. What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

12. This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

13. Repetition of the beginning sounds in multiple words

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

14. A 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter

Correct Answer: D) Sonnet.

15. Words that imitate the sound they are naming

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

16. My head was pounding, pounding, pounding after being in the loud gym.Is this an example of

Correct Answer: C) Repetition?.

17. "It was so hot that the streets melted." This is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

18. A repeated pattern of sound or movement in music, poetry, or dance

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

19. These do not use the words "like" or "as" and instead imply that one thing is the other.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphors.

20. Meanings suggested or implied by a word

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.