Definitions Of Certain Poetry Terms
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A quiz on the definitions of certain poetry terms. Good Luck :)
- 1.Representing ideas or feelings that have little or no resemblance to physical things is called ______.
- A.
Abstract
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Fantasy
- D.
Paradox
- 2."Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of....
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Assonance
- C.
Cliche
- D.
Parable
- 3."Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze" is an example of....
- A.
Analogy
- B.
Personification
- C.
Colloquial
- D.
Jargon
- 4.An anecdote is....
- A.
Short account of some interesting or amusing incident or event
- B.
A word, phrase or clause that is referred to by a pronoun or relative adverb
- C.
A short, simple story used to teach a truth or moral lesson
- D.
The representation of a thing or idea as a person or having human qualities
- 5.An antecedent action is....
- A.
Short account of some interesting or amusing incident or event
- B.
A word, phrase or clause that is referred to by a pronoun or relative adverb
- C.
A short, simple story used to teach a truth or moral lesson
- D.
The representation of a thing or idea as a person or having human qualities
- 6."Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground" is an example of....
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Parallelism
- 7.Which of these below, best defines a ballad?
- A.
A story in a song, a saga of a past affair (may be heroic etc.)
- B.
Poem that combines the words and the shapes of words to show the theme or moral
- C.
Unrhymed poetry with a meter based on five iambic feet in each line
- D.
A lyric poem full of dignified feeling often addressed to some person or thing
- 8.A colloquial is used mainly and purposfully in...
- A.
An informal conversation
- B.
Story
- C.
Essay
- D.
Lyric
- 9.A concrete poem...
- A.
Combines words the make shapes representing the theme or moral
- B.
Doesn't use any rhymes, metre or rhythm
- C.
Expresses a character's thoughts
- D.
Shows a hint or symbol of future events
- 10.When using a word that has other associations in addition to its basic meaning is called a....
- A.
Connotation
- B.
Denotation
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Oxymoron
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