Poetry Terms Quiz 261 (20 MCQs)

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1. The pattern of end rhyme (notated with lowercase letters, each different letter representing a different rhyme)

Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme.

2. An example of the term "tone" is .....

Correct Answer: D) The poet seemed both nostalgic and regretful about their past.

3. The feelings and emotions associated with a word.

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.

4. Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

5. A group of lines that form a verse (like a paragraph)

Correct Answer: C) Stanza.

6. Happens within linesex. and trails and snails

Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme.

7. A group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings

Correct Answer: C) Idiom.

8. A sonnet consisting of 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter

Correct Answer: C) Shakepsearean sonnet.

9. Repeated vowel sounds in a line (or lines) of a poem; often creates near rhyme; this is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Assonance.

10. Two ..... lines that rhyme are called a couplet.

Correct Answer: A) Consecutive.

11. A 7 line poem in the shape of a diamond, follows a pattern, does not rhyme

Correct Answer: D) Diamante.

12. Life is a dream.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

13. A line or group of lines set apart structurally from other lines in a poem

Correct Answer: A) Stanza.

14. A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back.

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

15. The narrator's attitude toward the subject of the poem.

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

16. Words whose final syllables have the exact same sound

Correct Answer: B) Complete rhyme.

17. The "sentences" in a poem.

Correct Answer: B) Line.

18. Placing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense.

Correct Answer: C) Paradox.

19. Repetition of the beginning consonant sound

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

20. The feeling an author creates in the story (how the author wants the reader to feel).

Correct Answer: B) Mood.