Poetry Terms Quiz 281 (20 MCQs)

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1. The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines in a poem

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme.

2. When a rhyme occurs at the end of a line of poetry, it is called?

Correct Answer: A) End rhymes.

3. The ..... of Finding Nemo is "Be true to yourself, and trust your family."

Correct Answer: A) Theme.

4. The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea

Correct Answer: D) Repetition.

5. The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme.

6. A type of rhyme made up of one syllable.

Correct Answer: A) Masculine rhyme.

7. Lines of poetry that flow into the next line without any punctuation

Correct Answer: C) Enjambment.

8. When a person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else

Correct Answer: A) Symbolism.

9. Rhyme that occurs within the same line

Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme.

10. Antecedent is defined as .....

Correct Answer: C) The word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.

11. Dictionary meaning

Correct Answer: A) Denotation.

12. The wind is a feather brushing my cheek.

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

13. I don't like your little gamesDon't like your tilted stageThe role you made me playOf the fool, no, I don't like you

Correct Answer: C) ABCD.

14. My coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

15. Having the same sounds at the end of a word.Example:car, tar, far

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme.

16. Awriter's or speaker's choice of words.

Correct Answer: B) Diction.

17. Having the same sound at the end of two or more words

Correct Answer: A) Rhyming words.

18. A group of lines that give the poem its form

Correct Answer: B) Stanza.

19. Sometimes words or phrases are said over and over

Correct Answer: D) Repetition.

20. This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.