Poetry Terms Quiz 251 (20 MCQs)

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1. Lyric poem usually marked by serious and respectful feelings toward an object or person

Correct Answer: A) Ode.

2. ..... is a kind of figurative language in which an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities or described as if it is human.

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

3. What is another word for Theme?

Correct Answer: A) Lesson.

4. Stylistic device that repeats a consonant sound in a series of multiple words

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

5. ..... is to relax, enjoying pleasant warmth.

Correct Answer: A) Bask.

6. The young boy's head was bursting with good ideas!

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

7. Villanelles have a set structure.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

9. Which of the following is the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

Correct Answer: B) Meter.

10. Litotes

Correct Answer: D) A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.

11. Comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" . Keywords are is, or, are

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

12. What is the definition of symbol?

Correct Answer: B) A person, place, or object that stands for or represents something else.

13. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."What is this an example of?

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

14. Expression containing a figurative meaning that differs from the phrase's literal meaning

Correct Answer: B) Idiom.

15. Repetition of vowel sounds within a group of words

Correct Answer: A) Assonance.

16. An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings ofits constituent elements; not to be taken literally

Correct Answer: A) Idiom.

17. A songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad story of betrayal, death or loss; steady rhythm and simple rhyme pattern is known as .....

Correct Answer: A) A ballad.

18. Which poetry term is being used in the following line:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'?

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

19. Any regular pattern of rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables

Correct Answer: A) Meter.

20. What are the different types of sonnets and their characteristics?

Correct Answer: D) Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet and English (Shakespearean) sonnet.