Poetry Terms Quiz 47 (20 MCQs)

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1. A poem that does not have rhyme and does not have meter; has no restrictions

Correct Answer: D) Free verse.

2. A stanza is.....

Correct Answer: A) A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

3. Monometer

Correct Answer: D) A rare form of verse in which each line consists of a single metrical unit.

4. When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

5. The basic unit of a poem, this is several lines of poetry grouped together, with white space above and below.

Correct Answer: C) Stanza.

6. A seeming contradiction of two words put together (ex. jumbo shrimp)

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

7. Words that appeal to or evoke the senses

Correct Answer: A) Imagery.

8. What is the atmosphere and emotions the poet sets in the poem called?

Correct Answer: C) Mood.

9. What is the smallest repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables called?

Correct Answer: D) Metrical Foot.

10. The attitude of a piece of writing expressed through the author's words.

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

11. True or False:You have to follow all of the grammar rules when writing poetry.

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. Assonance

Correct Answer: A) A repetition of vowel sounds within words.

13. What is the following statement an example of? Hope is the thing with feathers

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

14. Tells a story using a character's own thoughts or spoken statements

Correct Answer: B) Dramatic poetry.

15. Using a concrete object or phraseto represent a different abstract idea(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)is called

Correct Answer: C) Symbol.

16. Free verse

Correct Answer: C) A poem that has no rules, no rhyme, and/or no meter.

17. Which connotation is MORE positive? ..... people rode on the roller coaster.

Correct Answer: A) Brave.

18. 3-lined poem without a rhyming pattern but consists of 17 unrhymed syllables. Usually about nature and originated in Japan

Correct Answer: B) Haiku.

19. "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun." is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

20. Language that contains or uses figures of speech.

Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language.