Poetry Terms Quiz 260 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of "silly" poem has five lines, typically starts with "there once was a ..... ", and was made famous by Edward Lear?

Correct Answer: C) Limerick.

2. The repetition of the same consonant sounds among words (not limited to initial sounds)

Correct Answer: C) Consonance.

3. A story with 2 or more levels of meaning.

Correct Answer: D) Allegory.

4. "John's words were shards of glass when he spoke such hateful things" is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

5. Pleasant, harmonious sounds (m, n, l, r, f, v, s, w) in words

Correct Answer: B) Euphony.

6. After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.

Correct Answer: A) Chou was feeling confused.

7. The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables.

Correct Answer: A) Consonance.

8. What is the definition of the term:Metaphor?

Correct Answer: A) Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; it implies a comparison.

9. Visual Structure

Correct Answer: A) The way the poem look on the page.

10. Sestet

Correct Answer: A) Stanza of 6 lines.

11. A figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

12. Simile or Metaphor? I was sick of all the sorrow that flooded the city like foul weeds.

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

13. Which word refers to a group of lines togther in a poem?

Correct Answer: D) Stanza.

14. Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition.

15. The repetition of vowel-sounds.

Correct Answer: C) Assonance.

16. Used to intentionally make a situation seem less important that it really is

Correct Answer: B) Understatement.

17. The voice behind the poem; the character or narrator saying the poem

Correct Answer: A) Speaker.

18. Which type of Imagery are words that help you hear?

Correct Answer: A) Auditory.

19. Lines and words that are musically pleasant to the ear and smooth.

Correct Answer: D) Euphony.

20. A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work.

Correct Answer: C) Theme.