Poetry Terms Quiz 227 (20 MCQs)

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1. An ode is

Correct Answer: A) A poem with lots of feeling that celebrates a person/thing.

2. What is a synonym for the word "hue" ?

Correct Answer: B) Color.

3. A trochee consists of syllables that are:

Correct Answer: C) Stress-Unstressed.

4. Assigning human-like characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

5. Poetry that tells a story in verse and has elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters.

Correct Answer: A) Narrative.

6. Figure of speech in which contradicting ideas, etc. are combined.

Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron.

7. Written work, such as fiction, poetry, or drama .....

Correct Answer: B) Literature.

8. Watermelon Juicy, sweet Dripping, slurping, smacking So messy to eat Yummy

Correct Answer: A) Cinquain.

9. A literary device that repeats the exact same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer or emphasize an idea.

Correct Answer: D) Repetition.

10. Poems shaped to look like their subjects

Correct Answer: C) Concrete.

11. A pattern of end rhymes in a poem

Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme.

12. What is another word for a tongue twister?

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

13. A passage that contains artistic, vivid language and is often imaginative

Correct Answer: A) Poem.

14. The speaker in the poem is the author

Correct Answer: B) False.

15. A long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes

Correct Answer: D) Epic.

16. A rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language.

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

17. What is a comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words like or as?

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

18. ..... include word sounds, such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition, to emphasize particular words or ideas.

Correct Answer: A) Poems.

19. The framework or organization of a work of literature

Correct Answer: B) Structure.

20. Which sentence show the use of sensory language?

Correct Answer: D) The freezing cold winds burned my face as I was skiing.