Poetry Terms Quiz 181 (20 MCQs)

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1. An association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

2. What is a meataphor?

Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action without using "like or as".

3. Arrangement of rhyming lines to create a pattern

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme.

4. Dictionary definition of a word.

Correct Answer: A) Denotation.

5. Compares two things using "like" or "as"

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

6. The beat created by the words in lines of poetry

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

7. What do we call something that has meaning in itself and also stands for something else?

Correct Answer: C) Symbol/Symbolism.

8. True or False:Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.

Correct Answer: C) False, they sound the same, but they can look different.

9. A grouped set of lines within a poem (similar to a paragraph in prose)

Correct Answer: C) Stanza.

10. "Nature's first green is gold" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Paradox.

11. Which type of poetry has a pattern of AABBA?

Correct Answer: D) Limerick.

12. What is the writer's attitude about the subject called?

Correct Answer: D) Tone.

13. She is an angel.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

14. Recurring pattern based on the length of line and number of stresses within the line

Correct Answer: A) Meter.

15. Which term is this the definition for:A formal division of lines in a poem that are considered as a unit and often function like a paragraph.

Correct Answer: A) Stanza.

16. What is the purpose of rhyme in poetry?

Correct Answer: A) The repetition of sounds at the end of words.

17. Which of the following terms refers to the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem?

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme.

18. Choose the correct type offigurative language for theexample.Yura told me a joke that made me die from laughter!

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

19. Using descriptive words or phrases that capture the reader's senses and paint a picture inside the reader's mind.

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

20. The vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage deemed appropriate to verse as well as the deviations allowable for effect within it.

Correct Answer: D) Diction.