Poetry Terms Quiz 438 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where did Haikus originate?

Correct Answer: C) Japan.

2. "Lightning danced across the sky, " is an example of which poetic device?

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

3. Kaleo runs like a cheetah. Metaphor?

Correct Answer: B) No.

4. A recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry

Correct Answer: C) Meter.

5. When you use an exaggeration for effect, like, "I saw The Black Panther a million times this weekend."

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

6. Using "figures of speech" to say something other than the literal meaning of the words

Correct Answer: D) Figurative language.

7. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two tings without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as" .Ex. Love is a battlefield.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

8. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. Creates a musical effect.

Correct Answer: C) Assonance.

9. A poem's paragraph is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Stanza.

10. The beats of a poem

Correct Answer: C) Rhythm.

11. "The snow is a white blanket." and "She is an early bird."

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

12. What is it called when words or lines are used more than once in a poem?

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

13. Poetry with a strict meter but NO strict rhyme scheme

Correct Answer: A) Blank verse.

14. Paragraphing in poems

Correct Answer: B) Stanza.

15. Identify the use of alliteration in the following line:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

Correct Answer: A) Peter Piper picked.

16. A part of a poem that is repeated multiple times is called:

Correct Answer: D) Refrain.

17. A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statementis made

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

18. Is an event (there are multiple) in a script, is included in an act

Correct Answer: D) Scene.

19. Poems are meant to be read aloud.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Shakespear

Correct Answer: C) Famous English poet and playwrightf.