Poetry Terms Quiz 419 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these best matched the definition of tone?

Correct Answer: A) The way the author feels about the subject of the poem.

2. Exaggeration is when something is made out to be a lot greater than it actually is."It's a million degrees in here!"

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

3. Bittersweet is an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron.

4. (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Correct Answer: B) Monologue.

5. Eight-line unit in a poem

Correct Answer: C) Octave.

6. A story within a story:this often teaches a lesson or represents a larger idea/event.

Correct Answer: C) Allegory.

7. "Filthy McNasty is a mythical manchild of rather dubious distinction"

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

8. Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep is an example of .....

Correct Answer: D) Assonance.

9. In Shel Silverstein's poem, "Where the Sidewalk Ends", what best represents the place where the sidewalk ends?

Correct Answer: C) A child's imagination, dream, or the process of growing up.

10. Phrases or lines in a poem that repeat are called .....

Correct Answer: A) The refrain.

11. Caesura is best defined as .....

Correct Answer: A) A strong pause or stop; usually occurs in the middle of a line of poetry but can occur in the beginning or end.

12. The repetition of consonant sounds close together is .....

Correct Answer: E) Alliteration.

13. Which of the following does NOT create mood in a story?

Correct Answer: C) Imagination.

14. Which on of the five senses is used in this sentence? "The warm juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue."

Correct Answer: A) Taste.

15. A comparison of two unlike things that uses "just so" or "as" and is developed over several lines of verse.

Correct Answer: C) Epic simile.

16. Uses you, your, yours

Correct Answer: B) Second person.

17. "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin is a pleasure."The inversion in this line shows which structure of poetry?

Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus.

18. When words rhyme at the end of lines

Correct Answer: A) End rhyme.

19. A funny, five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

Correct Answer: A) Limerick.

20. Placing side by side two contradictory words that make logical sense when explained.

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.