Poetry Terms Quiz 407 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Victoria vrooms in the van very vivaciously."

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

2. Ms. Warzy is going to this place for Spring Break

Correct Answer: A) Arizona.

3. A reference to a person, place, or event outside of the text meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea

Correct Answer: C) Allusion.

4. Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

5. "humorous, sarcastic, inspirational" are examples of ..... words

Correct Answer: D) Tone.

6. An author describing black crows lurking around the house of a villain in a text is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Symbolism.

7. What is the definition of the term:Rhythm?

Correct Answer: D) The audible pattern in a poem created by stressed (emphasized) syllables.

8. Three syllable metrical foot, one stressed followed by two unstressed

Correct Answer: A) Dactyl.

9. Could, Should, Would and Good are examples of .....

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme.

10. The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a different consonant sound.

Correct Answer: A) Assonance.

11. A stanza that has eight lines.

Correct Answer: D) Octave.

12. Which term refers to the ending of a sentence at the end of a line of poetry?

Correct Answer: B) End-stopped.

13. A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet

Correct Answer: A) Tercet.

14. "A promise made is a debt unpaid" is an example of:

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

15. What is an example of "rhyming?"

Correct Answer: C) Try cry.

16. No fixed metrical pattern, but may be rhythmical

Correct Answer: A) Free verse.

17. " The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside ..... " is an example of a .....

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

18. What is is anything that hints at something else, usually something abstract, such as an idea or belief?

Correct Answer: B) Symbol.

19. In the opening of unit, a writer compares poetry to a .....

Correct Answer: A) River.

20. A consistent pattern of rhymes

Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme.