Final "exam" and Poetry Review 2024

Question 1

Poets often "cheat" with rhyme using all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

feminine rhyme

Question 2

An elegy is usually written in first person and always ends on a hopeful note.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

It's acceptable to use either OR both "the reader" and "you" in formal writing.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

A brief, often implicit and indirect, reference within a literary text to something outside of the text is:

Accepted Answer

allusion

Question 5

What is the oldest form of poetry?

Accepted Answer

narrative

Question 6

What is broadly defined as a sensory detail in a text?

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 7

Spoken word poetry:

Accepted Answer

is meant to be performed

Question 8

Which kind of poem, when performed during Greek times, celebrated athletic victories?

Accepted Answer

ode

Question 9

This following line includes an example of what? "No voice says 'My mother' again to me. What?"

Accepted Answer

caesura

Question 10

When selecting and using evidence in analysis, one should use the evidence in:

Accepted Answer

chronological order

Question 11

A poem that is not restricted by rhyme but still has a regular meter is:

Accepted Answer

blank verse

Question 12

The most common type of rhyme, occurring in the final syllable of the line:

Accepted Answer

end rhyme

Question 13

A short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses emotions is:

Accepted Answer

lyric

Question 14

Which pronouns should not be used in literary analysis?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 15

A word within the line of poetry that rhymes with a word at the end of the same line is

Accepted Answer

internal rhyme

Question 16

Titles of novels should be in:

Accepted Answer

italics

Question 17

When writing about a novel, one should always use:

Accepted Answer

present tense

Question 18

The repetition of initial consonant sounds is:

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 19

Titles of poems should be in:

Accepted Answer

quotation marks

Question 20

Often used in sonnets, this is when the poet might change his attitude or his topic:

Accepted Answer

volta

Questions 20