Poetry Terms Quiz 82 (20 MCQs)

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1. A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

Correct Answer: A) Ballad.

2. Which of these quotes is an example of personification?

Correct Answer: C) "The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there".

3. "When the sky rages, I'll hold them" ~ MEDEA

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

4. A rhythmical pause in a poetic line

Correct Answer: B) Cutting.

5. Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it.

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme.

6. A unit of measure of two or three syllables that contain at least one stressed syllable

Correct Answer: A) Foot.

7. A form with an unusual shape or pattern

Correct Answer: A) Irregular.

8. A poem's structure is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Form.

9. "The sun is a light bulb in the sky" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

10. Rhyme schemes are labeled with .....

Correct Answer: C) Letters (A, B, C).

11. Who wrote "The Listeners" ?

Correct Answer: C) Walter de la Mare.

12. Expressing the writers emotion, usually briefly.

Correct Answer: A) Lyric.

13. What is the definition of pun?

Correct Answer: A) A pun is a form of word play.

14. The comparison of two things in which one is said to be another

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

15. Which vocabulary word is being defined? Uses like or as to compare two unlikely things

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

16. A dramatic statement or exaggeration is a .....

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

17. What is the correct definition for the following poetic devise:Imagery

Correct Answer: C) Language that appeals to the senses.

18. Shared consonants or resemblance in sound

Correct Answer: B) Consonance.

19. What is two things compared without using like or as?

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

20. A visual poem is

Correct Answer: A) Shape poetry.