Poetry Techniques Quiz!

Question 1

Define this technique: 'glass shot out everywhere. Boom! The explosion rocked the world.'

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 2

'The car screeched to a halt.' What poetic device is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 3

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Similes contain 'like' and 'as'

Question 4

Define the three techniques: 'My knees feel so weak Whenever you speak'

Accepted Answer

Alliteration, Assonance, Rhyme

Question 5

What type of rhyme scheme does a quatrain have?

Accepted Answer

A, B, A, B

Question 6

Looking at the lines of poetry, describe the mood of this extract...

Accepted Answer

Delightful and relaxing

Question 7

What would you call a stanza with 6 lines?

Accepted Answer

Sextet

Question 8

Identify the techniques here: 'the charcoal darkness of the crystal lake swallowed the swimmer'

Accepted Answer

Alliteration, Assonance and Imagery (Touch)

Question 9

What does 'structure' refer to in a poem?

Accepted Answer

The stylistic devices (line length, syllable scheme, etc)

Question 10

Looking at the line of poetry, describe the mood of this poetic extract...

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 11

How many lines are in a Septet?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 12

What is a quatrain?

Accepted Answer

A 4 line stanza

Question 13

What device is being used: 'Do not make a mockery out of my love of soccer'.

Accepted Answer

Assonance

Question 14

Who is your favourite English teacher? (Keep in mind, we are writing your Progress Reports)

Accepted Answer

Mr Hendricks, Miss Sioukas, Mr McKay, Miss Zoccoli

Question 15

What imagery is being used: 'I sneezed, spraying liquid everywhere out from my nostrils'

Accepted Answer

Sound and touch

Question 16

What poetic device is this: 'I am strong; I am brave; I am a work in progress.'

Accepted Answer

Repetition

Question 17

Define the following technique: 'The chainsaw purred to life, before digging through the trunk'

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 18

Identify what a stanza is...

Accepted Answer

A paragraph in a poem

Question 19

'Tanya whispered in the dark, as the snow fell in our hair.' What imagery is being used here?

Accepted Answer

Sound and Touch

Question 20

What is wrong with the couplet? 'Consumed by wretched greed/I fall down and beg and plead'

Accepted Answer

The syllable schemes do not match

Question 21

Looking at the following responses, which of them is a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

He was a dragon, roaring at us all

Question 22

'Long lost lake' is an example of which poetic device?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 23

What is the rhyme scheme in a Limerick?

Accepted Answer

A, A, B, B, A

Question 24

What type of poem is known to be funny and ridiculous?

Accepted Answer

A limerick

Question 25

Define assonance...

Accepted Answer

Similar sounding letters in the middle of words

Poetry Techniques Quiz!

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Poetry Techniques Quiz!

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