Which of the following is dramatic irony?

The audience knows more than a character does.

A comparison using the words "like" or "as".

A poem or song composed as a lament for a deceased person.

Which of the following is verbal irony?

Saying something, but meaning the opposite.

Which of the following is a common characteristic of an ode?

Uses sentences and phrases to create pictures in the mind.

The repetition of vowel sounds in neighbouring words.

The repetition of consonant sounds in neighbouring words.

A play on similar-sounding words.

Which of the following constitutes personification?

The somber clouds wept freezing tears on the silent city.

When a part of something is used to refer to the whole.

A reference to an event, place, work of literature, etc...

A poetic paragraph/a group of lines of poetry.

Which of the following is situational irony?

An unexpected outcome occurs to dramatic or comedic effect.

Which of the following is a common characteristic of an elegy?

Expresses grief, shock and/or anger over someone's death.

Which of the following is a metaphor?

When it came to climbing, she was a monkey!

A lyric poem written in praise of someone or something.

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2D/G Practice for Poetry Quiz

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1
A direct contrast to the original proposition is referred to as...
an oxymoron
a simile
an antithesis
a metaphor
2
Bang, click, sizzle, drip, plop
Metaphor
Alliteration
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
3
Which of the following is dramatic irony?
The audience knows more than a character does.
Saying something, but meaning the opposite.
The unexpected occurs to dramatic or comedic effect.
4
What is a simile?
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as".
A reference to history or popular culture.
A comparison using the words "like" or "as".
The repetition of similar sounds.
5
Saying "Ottawa" in reference to the federal government is an example of...
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Metonym
Alliteration
6
What is an elegy?
Any poem written in free verse.
A lyric poem written to praise someone or something.
A poem or song composed as a lament for a deceased person.
A romantic ballad or song.
7
What is it called when a speaker breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person/entity?
Allusion
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Apostrophe
8
Which of the following is verbal irony?
Saying something, but meaning the opposite.
The audience knows more than a character does.
The unexpected occurs with comedic or dramatic effect.
9
Which of the following is a common characteristic of an ode?
Uses sentences and phrases to create pictures in the mind.
Speaker digresses into a criticism of some fault of society
Written entirely in rhyming couplets.
The speaker meditates on the nature of death.
10
What is assonance?
The use of an anatomy-based insult.
The repetition of consonant sounds in neighbouring words.
A sound word.
The repetition of vowel sounds in neighbouring words.
11
What is the term for a word's commonly understood subjective, cultural or emotional meaning?
Synecdoche
Quatrain
Connotation
Denotation
12
What is consonance?
A little-used form of narrative perspective.
The repetition of consonant sounds in neighbouring words.
The use of understatement for dramatic effect.
The repetition of vowel sounds in neighbouring words.
13
What is hyperbole?
A sound word
Understatement
A contradiction
Exaggeration
14
What is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory words?
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Antithesis
15
"I can resist anything except temptation." is an example of...
An oxymoron
A paradox
A metaphor
Verbal irony
16
What is a pun?
A sound word
A contradiction in terms.
When someone says the opposite of what they actually mean.
A play on similar-sounding words.
17
Which of the following constitutes personification?
Thunder rumbled like distant artillery.
Peter Piper picked a pail of pickling peppers.
The cars met with a deafening crash.
The somber clouds wept freezing tears on the silent city.
18
What is synecdoche?
When a part of something is used to refer to the whole.
A direct contrast to the original proposition.
A comparison using the words "like" or "as".
An overstatement for effect.
19
What is an allusion?
When two contradictory terms are used together.
A reference to an event, place, work of literature, etc...
When something is not actually real or present.
When a par of something is used to refer to the whole.
20
What is a stanza?
A type of speech delivered with great emotion.
A joke told in a line of Shakespearean dialogue.
The cultural meaning of a word.
A poetic paragraph/a group of lines of poetry.
21
How many lines are there in a couplet?
6
3
2
4
22
What is meiosis?
An unsatisfactorily vague explanation of events.
The use of understatement.
Exaggeration
The process of changing the narrative perspective mid-plot.
23
Which of the following is situational irony?
The audience knows more than a character does.
Saying something, but meaning the opposite.
An unexpected outcome occurs to dramatic or comedic effect.
24
Which of the following is a common characteristic of an elegy?
Expresses grief, shock and/or anger over someone's death.
Uses many metaphors for light.
Tells a story.
Follows a strict rhyme scheme.
25
Which of the following is a metaphor?
The linebacker hit the running back like a truck.
When it came to climbing, she was a monkey!
He poured his poor heart out in hope of forgiveness.
The door creaked open.
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What is an ode?
A poem or song that follows an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG scheme.
A lyric poem written in praise of someone or something.
A poem containing 14 lines that uses only end rhyme.
A poem or song composed as a lament for a deceased person.

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