A Quiz About Poetic Devices
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For this quiz, again you should fill the name box with your class period first, then your last name first, a comma, and your first name. For instance, if my name were John Doe, and I had English 3rd period, I'd type, "3 Doe, John" in the name box. When you begin the quiz, you'll notice that each "question" is a definition. From the given choices, mark the word which correctly matches the definition.
- 1.-- a repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close together
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Analogy
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Ballad
- 2.-- storytelling poem in a predictable rhythm, usually written to be sung
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Analogy
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Ballad
- 3.-- repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close together
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Analogy
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Ballad
- 4.-- any general comparison between two things
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Analogy
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Ballad
- 5.-- all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
- A.
Connotation
- B.
Consonance
- C.
Couplet
- D.
Diction
- 6.-- two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
- A.
Connotation
- B.
Consonance
- C.
Couplet
- D.
Diction
- 7.-- a writer's choice of words
- A.
Connotation
- B.
Consonance
- C.
Couplet
- D.
Diction
- 8.-- the repetition of consonant sounds within words close to each other
- A.
Connotation
- B.
Consonance
- C.
Couplet
- D.
Diction
- 9.-- any exaggeration used to express strong emotion or humor
- A.
Epic
- B.
Figure of speech
- C.
Haiku
- D.
Hyperbole
- 10.-- a very long narrative poem about a hero with superhuman abilities
- A.
Epic
- B.
Figure of speech
- C.
Haiku
- D.
Hyperbole
- 11.-- word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another, not literally
- A.
Epic
- B.
Figure of speech
- C.
Haiku
- D.
Hyperbole
- 12.-- an expression peculiar to a language (it won't translate literally)
- A.
Iambic pentameter
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Imagery
- D.
Verbal irony
- 13.-- language that appeals to the senses
- A.
Iambic pentameter
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Imagery
- D.
Verbal irony
- 14.-- there is a difference between what is said and what is meant
- A.
Iambic pentameter
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Imagery
- D.
Verbal irony
- 15.-- a line of poetry with 5 iambs ( U / U / U / U / U / ) as its rhythm
- A.
Iambic pentameter
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Imagery
- D.
Verbal irony
- 16.-- a poem that expresses emotions or thoughts
- A.
Limerick
- B.
Lyric poetry
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Meter
- 17.-- comparison between unlike things (without using like, as, than, or resembles)
- A.
Limerick
- B.
Lyric poetry
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Meter
- 18.-- a funny 5-line poem written with a certain rhyme scheme and rhythm pattern
- A.
Limerick
- B.
Lyric poetry
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Meter
- 19.-- a regular pattern or stressed (/) and unstressed (U) syllables
- A.
Limerick
- B.
Lyric poetry
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Meter
- 20.-- use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
- A.
Narrative poetry
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Parallelism
- D.
Personification
- 21.-- a poem that tells a story
- A.
Narrative poetry
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Parallelism
- D.
Personification
- 22.-- repetition of words, phrases, etc. that have the same grammatical structure
- A.
Narrative poetry
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Parallelism
- D.
Personification
- 23.-- nonhuman things are given human qualities
- A.
Narrative poetry
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Parallelism
- D.
Personification
- 24.-- a play on the multiple meanings of words
- A.
Pun
- B.
Refrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Rhythm
- 25.-- a repeated word, phrase, or group of lines (like a chorus in a song)
- A.
Pun
- B.
Refrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Rhythm
- 26.-- musical quality of language, produced by repeating accents
- A.
Pun
- B.
Refrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Rhythm
- 27.-- when words close together have the same or similar sounding final syllable(s)
- A.
Pun
- B.
Refrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Rhythm
- 28.-- a group of consecutive lines in a poem
- A.
Simile
- B.
Sonnet
- C.
Speaker
- D.
Stanza
- 29.-- comparison between two unlike things using words like like or as
- A.
Simile
- B.
Sonnet
- C.
Speaker
- D.
Stanza
- 30.-- the voice talking in a poem
- A.
Simile
- B.
Sonnet
- C.
Speaker
- D.
Stanza
- 31.-- a 14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter and with a specific rhyme scheme
- A.
Simile
- B.
Sonnet
- C.
Speaker
- D.
Stanza
- 32.-- traditional Japanese poem of 3 lines, each having a certain number of syllables (5 7 5)
- A.
Epic
- B.
Figure of speech
- C.
Haiku
- D.
Hyperbole
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