Poetry Terms Quiz 431 (20 MCQs)

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1. Brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature

Correct Answer: A) Allusion.

2. The physical arrangement of the words on the page, sometimes involving rhyme and rhythm

Correct Answer: B) Form.

3. ..... is the repetition of final consonant sounds.

Correct Answer: C) Consonance.

4. ..... is a single word, a sentence, or part of a sentence.

Correct Answer: C) Line.

5. Repetition of a consonant sound with words in close proximity.

Correct Answer: B) Consonance.

6. What type of imagery is this? "The thunder clapped loudly, shaking the house."

Correct Answer: B) Sound.

7. I went to the storeTo buy some breadI opened the doorAnd hit my headThis poem is written in .....

Correct Answer: B) ABAB Rhyme Scheme.

8. The positive or negative feelings associated with a word

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

9. An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

10. StudentSocial, StudiousReading, Writing, SolvingCurious scholar, Knowledgeable educatorEvaluating, Instructing, ChallengingSmart, GenerousTeacher

Correct Answer: D) Diamante.

11. The use of words to evoke sensory experiences is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

12. When animals, ideas, or objects are given human qualities

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

13. A lyric is

Correct Answer: C) A brief poem expressing feelings of a single speaker.

14. ..... is mental pictures or feelings created by creative word usage in poetry.

Correct Answer: A) Imagery.

15. The repetition of consonant sounds (Ex:Mike likes his new bike. )

Correct Answer: B) Consonance.

16. What word means the literal, dictionary definition.

Correct Answer: B) Denotation.

17. In a poem, what is the correct term for a group of words arranged in a row?

Correct Answer: A) Line.

18. Both, poems and plays, have narrators.

Correct Answer: B) False.

19. A diamante poem is presented in the shape of a diamond. True or False?

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Words that are used to represent particular sounds

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.