This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry Terms – Quiz 334 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 334 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is word choice in writing? A) The intended target group for a message. B) The basic rhythmic structure in verse. C) The author's thoughtful use of precise vocabulary. D) The distinctive poetic structure with distinguishable characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author's thoughtful use of precise vocabulary. 2. A caesura is a pause caused by punctuation ..... A) At the beginning of a line. B) In the middle of a line. C) At the end of a line. D) At the end of a stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the middle of a line. 3. Contradictory terms such as jumbo shrimp A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 4. My English teacher is older than the hills. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. Beagles are medium-sized membersof the hound family. Beagles generallymake good pets because they are intelligent, good-natured, and good with children. Beaglesare also quite playful and need a great dealof exercise. A) Problem and solution. B) Description. C) Cause and effect. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Description. 6. A word that mimics the sound being made; a sound word. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 7. The cyclist was two tired to win the race. A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 8. ..... is the musical quality created by the meter. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) The beat. D) The pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 9. An absurd or contradictory statement that can be proven true A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Paradox. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 10. The definition of the term "alliteration" is ..... A) Descriptive language that uses the five senses. B) How the speaker feels about their subject. C) Words that begin with the same sound near each other. D) The use of a sound, word, or phrase multiple times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words that begin with the same sound near each other. 11. Octameter A) The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. B) Poetry that does not ryhme or does not have a regular meter. C) A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes. Often words at the end of lines at first seem like they will rhyme but are not pronounced in perfect rhyme. D) A line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A line of verse consisting of eight metrical feet. 12. Which term is this the definition for:It is the emotions the reader feels while reading. Can be created by setting, imagery, and diction. A) Repetition. B) Mood. C) Rhyme. D) Symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 13. The verbal expression of a sensory experience; created by details that appeal to the five senses A) Tone. B) Diction. C) Imagery. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 14. "Ally Alligator Ate All my Alfredo" is an example of ..... A) Animal Abuse. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 15. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words: "What would the world be, once bereft.Of wet and wildness?"(Gerald Manley Hopkins, "Inversnaid") A) Alliteration. B) Anapest. C) Antithesis. D) Accent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 16. To pace yourself when reading poetry, it is important to take note of punctuation to help choose your intonation. What might "intonation" means? A) Your attitude. B) The atmosphere. C) The tone/pitch of your voice. D) Your feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tone/pitch of your voice. 17. Each line has the same ending soundHat, Bat, Cat, Fat, Sat A) Rhythm. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 18. Unit of poetic measure consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables A) Falling meter. B) Couplet. C) Foot. D) Metric line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 19. An onomatopoeia is A) The use of a word or phrase that imitates the sound that it describes. B) Rhyming that occurs at the end of lines of poetry. C) Repetition of vowel sounds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of a word or phrase that imitates the sound that it describes. 20. A structured poem with set rules and patterns is called ..... A) Carefree. B) Closed Form. C) Open Form. D) Stanza. 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