Poetry Terms Quiz 308 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. "She is like a butterfly" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

2. A short form of poetry from Japan; typically about nature.

Correct Answer: A) Haiku.

3. It's quiet now.I am alone with myself.Remembering the days when I didn't think I could

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

4. The blanket wrapped its arms around me. This line shows an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

5. When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry

Correct Answer: A) Internal Rhyme.

6. Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

7. Conveys meanings beyond the literal meaning of words

Correct Answer: D) Figurative language.

8. The following are examples of what? My keys walked away. The stars winked at the campers.

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

9. Follows the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG pattern

Correct Answer: C) All of the above.

10. A tongue twister uses .....

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

11. Poetry MUST rhyme.

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.

12. Which best describes "Voice" ?

Correct Answer: C) This is how the author writes, not the speaker of the story.

13. ..... is the correspondence of sound between different words, or the end of words.

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme.

14. Prose are texts that are NOT plays or poems.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. Verse form of poetry consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Correct Answer: A) Sonnet.

16. Your soul will follow.

Correct Answer: B) Consonance.

17. There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?

Correct Answer: C) Joyful Sadness.

18. A line of poetry containing six metrical feet

Correct Answer: A) Hexameter.

19. A comparison between two things that does NOT use any helping words

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

20. Obvious exaggeration used to emphasize a point or add excitement and humor to a poem or story.

Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole.