Poetry Terms Quiz 212 (20 MCQs)

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1. To repeat something over and over .....

Correct Answer: A) Repitition.

2. Your smile is like a bright light in my dark world ..... This is a .....

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

3. An idea about life that emerges from a poem

Correct Answer: C) Theme.

4. True or False:Free Verse MUST have a rhyme scheme

Correct Answer: B) False.

5. Bright black-eyed creature, brushed with brown.(Robert Frost, "To a Moth Seen in Winter" )

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

6. A pause in a line that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather than meter, usually in the middle of a line

Correct Answer: A) Cesura.

7. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thingof a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

8. What is the importance of sound devices in poetry?

Correct Answer: A) It gives the poem a musical feel, which contributes to the meaning and mood of the poem.

9. A song or songlike poem that tells a story mostly dealing with adventure or romance

Correct Answer: B) Ballad.

10. A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song

Correct Answer: B) Refrain.

11. The rose, in "A Rose from Concrete" represents

Correct Answer: B) Youth.

12. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of a poem is called the

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

13. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Correct Answer: A) Metonymy.

14. The repetition of initial first letter

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

15. The defined rhyme and meter of a poem

Correct Answer: C) Measure.

16. A tercet is what kind of poem?

Correct Answer: A) Has 3 lines.

17. The repetition of vowel sounds in a line or series of lines of poetry.

Correct Answer: C) Assonance.

18. What poetic device is used in the following example?"He was distorting the truth so much, I was surprised that his nose did not start growing."

Correct Answer: B) Allusion.

19. Poetry that follows no rules

Correct Answer: A) Free verse.

20. Which phrase has a NEGATIVE (-) connotation?

Correct Answer: B) A box crammed with documents.