Elements of Poetry Quiz

Last updated over 7 years ago

10 questions

Note from the author:

A quick review of poetry terms

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Elements of Poetry Quiz

Last updated over 7 years ago

10 questions

Note from the author:

A quick review of poetry terms

Question 1

In a poem the speaker is always the poet.

True

False

Question 2

The following sentence is an example of what? "If I fail this final, my father with flip out!"

A  hyperbole

B   alliteration

C   consonance

D  assonance

Question 3

A poem that tells a story.

A  lyric

B  narrative

C  sonnet

Question 4

The pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...

A   rhythm

B   rhyme

C   meter

D  assonance

Question 5

"The man was a mountain." This sentence is the best example of what?

A  simile

B  metaphor

C  imagery

Question 6

As the army was surrounded by the enemy, the Queen said, "Ancestsors, we need your guidance now!" This is an example of ?

A   analogy

B   apostrophe

C  hyperbole

Question 7

Tone is the authors attitude about his subject.

True

False

Question 8

"I have not, I did not, I will not stand for it!" is an example of what?

A  parallelism

B  antithesis

C  onomatopoeia

Question 9

What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines:

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

A   abd    def

B   aba   abb

C    aba   aba

D   aba    cdc

Question 10

10.

The following is an example of what?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, as I wandered weak and weary"

A    internal rhyme

B    end rhyme

C    eye rhyme

Question 1

In a poem the speaker is always the poet.

True

False

Question 2

The following sentence is an example of what? "If I fail this final, my father with flip out!"

A  hyperbole

B   alliteration

C   consonance

D  assonance

Question 3

A poem that tells a story.

A  lyric

B  narrative

C  sonnet

Question 4

The pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...

A   rhythm

B   rhyme

C   meter

D  assonance

Question 5

"The man was a mountain." This sentence is the best example of what?

A  simile

B  metaphor

C  imagery

Question 6

As the army was surrounded by the enemy, the Queen said, "Ancestsors, we need your guidance now!" This is an example of ?

A   analogy

B   apostrophe

C  hyperbole

Question 7

Tone is the authors attitude about his subject.

True

False

Question 8

"I have not, I did not, I will not stand for it!" is an example of what?

A  parallelism

B  antithesis

C  onomatopoeia

Question 9

What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines:

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

A   abd    def

B   aba   abb

C    aba   aba

D   aba    cdc

Question 10

10.

The following is an example of what?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, as I wandered weak and weary"

A    internal rhyme

B    end rhyme

C    eye rhyme

Elements of Poetry Quiz

Elements of Poetry Quiz

In a poem the speaker is always the poet.

The following sentence is an example of what? "If I fail this final, my father with flip out!"

A poem that tells a story.

The pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...

"The man was a mountain." This sentence is the best example of what?

As the army was surrounded by the enemy, the Queen said, "Ancestsors, we need your guidance now!" This is an example of ?

Tone is the authors attitude about his subject.

"I have not, I did not, I will not stand for it!" is an example of what?

The following is an example of what? "Once upon a midnight dreary, as I wandered weak and weary"

In a poem the speaker is always the poet.

The following sentence is an example of what? "If I fail this final, my father with flip out!"

A poem that tells a story.

The pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables is called...

"The man was a mountain." This sentence is the best example of what?

As the army was surrounded by the enemy, the Queen said, "Ancestsors, we need your guidance now!" This is an example of ?

Tone is the authors attitude about his subject.

"I have not, I did not, I will not stand for it!" is an example of what?

The following is an example of what? "Once upon a midnight dreary, as I wandered weak and weary"

The following is an example of what?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, as I wandered weak and weary"

The following is an example of what?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, as I wandered weak and weary"