Poetry Terms Quiz 246 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an example of a slant rhyme?

Correct Answer: D) Bridge and grudge.

2. 2 words together that are contradictory but create a new or deeper meaning. (Examples:greatly bad, jumbo shrimp,

Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron.

3. A word at the end or one line that rhymes with a word at the end of another line of poetry

Correct Answer: C) End rhyme.

4. "So Eden sank to grief, " a line from a Robert Frost poem, contains

Correct Answer: C) An allusion.

5. The mood and emotion a poem evokes is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Tone.

6. An extended metaphor with complex logic, or a startling comparison, that governs a poetic passage or an entire poem

Correct Answer: D) Conceit.

7. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme

Correct Answer: B) Free verse.

8. Which poetry term is used in the following line:'I've told you a million times'?

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

9. Her smile is sunshine

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

10. What is concrete poetry?

Correct Answer: D) The words that make the shape of the thing that the poem is about.

11. Two words that rhyme on the same line

Correct Answer: C) Internal Rhyme.

12. Groups of lines in a poem are called

Correct Answer: A) Stanzas.

13. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words to achieve emphasis or a certain affect

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

14. Which poetry term is being used in this example?The sun is smiling at me.

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

15. ..... are words that sound like what they mean.Example:Buzzz, Buzzz, went the bee.

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

16. A poem or section consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought

Correct Answer: C) Couplet.

17. The order pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse

Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme.

18. Strophe

Correct Answer: C) Often used to mean "stanza"; also a stanza or irregular line lengths.

19. Something concrete that stands for something abstract.

Correct Answer: A) Symbol.

20. A line in poetry that ends in punctuation is called an ..... line

Correct Answer: D) End-Stopped.