Poetry Part II
Select the correct answer for each question from the choices given.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
The use of words that imitate the sound of something is called __________________.
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Rhyme
Correct Answer
B. Onomatopoeia -
- 2.
The basic rhythmic structure of a verse in poetry is called ___________________.
- A.
Meter
- B.
Rhyme
- C.
Alliteration
Correct Answer
A. Meter -
- 3.
A(n) ______________ is figurative language made up of two or more elements that contradict themselves.
- A.
Free verse
- B.
Meter
- C.
Oxymoron
Correct Answer
C. Oxymoron -
- 4.
Combining pieces of information to form an idea is called __________________.
- A.
Synthesizing
- B.
Rhythm
- C.
Alliteration
Correct Answer
A. Synthesizing -
- 5.
Which of the following terms means an arrangement of words that have the same beginning consonant?
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Free verse
- C.
Rhyme
Correct Answer
A. Alliteration -
- 6.
The firecracker sounded with a loud BOOM!
- A.
Rhyme
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Alliteration
Correct Answer
B. Onomatopoeia -
- 7.
Which of the following is a line of verse in poetry that is made up of five pairs of short/long or unstressed/stressed syllables?
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Iambic pentameter
- C.
Free verse
Correct Answer
B. Iambic pentameter -
- 8.
Which of the following was an English short-story writer, poet, novelist, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907? He was also known for writing The Jungle Book.
- A.
J.R.R. Tolkien
- B.
Rudyard Kipling
- C.
Walt Whitman
Correct Answer
B. Rudyard Kipling -
- 9.
Which of the following was an Irish writer, poet, one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s, and was best known for writing The Importance of Being Ernest?
- A.
Walt Whitman
- B.
Oscar Wilde
- C.
H. G. Wells
Correct Answer
B. Oscar Wilde -
- 10.
Which of the following was an American poet, essayist, and journalist? He was part of the transition between transcendentalism (religious and philosophical movement) and realism.
- A.
Walt Whitman
- B.
Edgar Allen Poe
- C.
Victor Hugo
Correct Answer
A. Walt Whitman -
- 11.
Which of the following was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, columnist, and inventor of jazz poetry?
- A.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
- B.
Langston Hughes
- C.
William Faulkner
Correct Answer
B. Langston Hughes -
- 12.
Which of the following was an American Poet Laureate, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist?
- A.
Maya Angelou
- B.
Agatha Christie
- C.
Emily Bronte
Correct Answer
A. Maya Angelou -
- 13.
Which of the following was an American poet, lived in isolation with her family, influenced by the Metaphysical (bold, intellectual) English poets of the 17th century, and wrote forty hand bound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems, which were later discovered and published?
- A.
Jane Austen
- B.
Willa Cather
- C.
Emily Dickinson
Correct Answer
C. Emily Dickinson -
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