Poetry Terms Quiz 153 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. What is the mood of a story or poem?

Correct Answer: D) The feeling created in the audience by the words of the writer.

2. A ..... is a comparison of unrelated things that does NOT use like or as.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

3. Crash! Crunch! Grunt! yelped my dog as he jumped on the table and fell. This is an example of .....

Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia.

4. The fact of two things be put closeTogether for contrastingeffect

Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition.

5. Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

6. Also known as imperfect or "close enough" rhyme; the words share either the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH (ex:ROSE, LOSE)

Correct Answer: B) Near rhyme.

7. The feeling or atmosphere created by the writer.

Correct Answer: D) Mood.

8. A metrical foot consisting of of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Correct Answer: B) Iamb.

9. Unrhymed form of poetry often used in very long poems

Correct Answer: D) Blank verse.

10. What figurative language device is used inthis sentence? Looking at my report card was asshocking as grabbing hold of an electric fence.

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

11. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines

Correct Answer: B) Anaphora.

12. Another word for the tone of poem or story is the author's .....

Correct Answer: C) Attitude.

13. I dropped my sock in the thick, sticky mud.

Correct Answer: A) Consonance.

14. Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.

Correct Answer: B) False.

15. Is a word or row of words that may or may not form a complete sentence

Correct Answer: B) Line.

16. When a poet repeats words, or lines

Correct Answer: C) Repetition.

17. July 22 1959 was a momentous day in his life. Please add the commas.

Correct Answer: B) July 22, 1959, was a momentous day in his life.

18. Using the same word or phrase over and over

Correct Answer: C) Repetition.

19. A type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.

Correct Answer: A) Poetry.

20. A writer or speaker's choice of words

Correct Answer: A) Diction.