Poetry Terms Quiz 142 (20 MCQs)

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1. The feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work

Correct Answer: C) Mood.

2. Harry Potter has a scar on his forehead. This scar symbolizes

Correct Answer: C) The chosen one.

3. The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.

Correct Answer: B) Scansion.

4. ..... are words that end with the same sound (like hat and cat).

Correct Answer: C) Rhyming words.

5. A real, tangible detail or example of something; opposite of abstract or general

Correct Answer: A) Concrete.

6. EX:I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

7. What is a synonym?

Correct Answer: C) A word that means the same as another word but looks different.

8. The speaker's attitude toward the subject is .....

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

9. A play that doesn't have a happy ending; ends in the death of at least one main character

Correct Answer: C) Tragedy.

10. The attitude a writer takes toward the subject.

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

11. A line of poetry containing eight metrical feet

Correct Answer: C) Octameter.

12. A reference to an important event, person, or object in order to elicit a response from the reader

Correct Answer: A) Allusion.

13. Repeating words, lines, or phrases to create a feeling is .....

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

14. What term means the alternate pattern of rhymes?

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme.

15. Making little or light of something for effect; an understatement

Correct Answer: D) Litotes.

16. The way a poem looks on the page is called its .....

Correct Answer: D) Form.

17. Definition:regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem EX) AABBC

Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme.

18. The poem is an extended metaphor. What two things is it comparing?

Correct Answer: B) It is comparing the mask to hiding our true feelings.

19. Which kind of sound device is used? "all the loveless land"

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

20. Language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

Correct Answer: A) Figurative language.