Poetry Unit Test

Question 1

What is a type of poem characterized by brevity, compression, and the expression of feeling?

Accepted Answer

Lyric poem

Question 2

What is a four line stanza in a poem?

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Quatrain

Question 3

What is a figure of speech involving exaggeration?

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hyperbole

Question 4

What is the pattern of descriptive language in a work (word pictures)?

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imagery

Question 5

What is the matching of the final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words?

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rhyme

Question 6

What is the theme of "Dreams Deferred?"

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all of the above

Question 7

The theme of "Hope is the thing with feathers" is...

Accepted Answer

hope is always present, even when there's no reason for hope

Question 8

What is the theme of "Much madness is divinest sense"?

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all of the above

Question 9

The main image of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is...

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daffodils

Question 10

What is poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme?

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free verse

Question 11

Langston Hughes was part of what poetic movement?

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 12

Who is the voice behind the poem?

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Speaker

Question 13

What is the giving of inanimate (lifeless) objects animate (living) qualities?

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personification

Question 14

What is a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use like or as?

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metaphor

Question 15

What are the associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning?

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connotation

Question 16

The title "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is an example of what?

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simile

Question 17

What is the use of words to imitate sounds they describe?

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onomotapoeia

Question 18

What is the dictionary meaning of a word?

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denotation

Question 19

What is a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter, used by Shakespeare?

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Sonnet

Question 20

What is the repetition of consonant sounds especially at the beginning of words?

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alliteration

Question 21

What is a poem that tells a story?

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Narrative poem

Question 22

What is the recurrence of accent or stress in a line of verse?

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Rhythm

Question 23

The speaker of "Introduction to Poetry" is most likely...

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a teacher

Question 24

The line "Hope is the thing with feathers" is an example of

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metaphor

Question 25

What are the main examples of figurative language in "Dreams Deferred?"

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simile, personification

Question 26

The theme of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is...

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the ability of nature to make you happy

Question 27

What is the selection of words in a literary work?

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diction

Question 28

What is the theme of "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins?

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All of the above

Question 29

What kind of poetic device is most often used in "Introduction to Poetry"?

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imagery

Question 30

What is the division or unit of poem that is repeated in the same form?

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Stanza

Question 31

What is a strong pause within a line of verse?

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Caesura

Question 32

The line "tossing their heads in a sprightly dance" is an example of...

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 33

What does "madness" refer to in Emily Dickinson's poem?

Accepted Answer

craziness

Question 34

What are the key characteristics of Emily Dickinson's poetry?

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caesuras

Question 35

What is a comparison using like, as, or as though?

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simile

Question 36

What is a rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables organized into patterns, called feet?

Accepted Answer

Meter

Poetry Unit Test

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Poetry Unit Test

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