1Elements of Poetry
What is a stanza in poetry?
A) A word or phrase that represents an object or action
B) The repetition of consonant sounds within words
C) A group of lines forming a unit within a poem
D) The main character in a narrative poem
C) A group of lines forming a unit within a poem
What is the meaning of the word "visage"?
What is a ballad?
A) A poem that expresses deep personal emotions.
B) A type of poem that tells a story, often in a musical or song-like form.
C) A poem that praises or celebrates a person or an event.
D) A poem that follows a specific pattern and structure.
B) A type of poem that tells a story, often in a musical or song-like form.
Who is the poet of the poem Ozymandias?
A) William Wordsworth
B) John Keats
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
What is personification?
A) Giving human traits to non-human things or abstract ideas
B) Using a word that imitates a sound
C) The repetition of vowel sounds in words close to each other
D) A type of alliteration that repeats the same letter at the end of words
A) Giving human traits to non-human things or abstract ideas
What does the word "shattered" mean?
B) Broken into pieces
What is a couplet?
A) A stanza with three lines
B) A pair of lines that rhyme and have the same meter
C) A type of poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
D) A line of poetry with five feet of iambic pentameter
B) A pair of lines that rhyme and have the same meter
Who is the poet of the poem Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge?
A) William Wordsworth
B) John Keats
CA) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A) William Wordsworth
What is the primary purpose of imagery in poetry?
A) To create a musical quality through sound repetition
B) To make the poem easier to understand
C) To create vivid pictures in the reader's mind and evoke sensory experiences
D) To maintain a consistent meter and rhythm throughout the poem
C) To create vivid pictures in the reader's mind and evoke sensory experiences
Conscience means _____________.
A) A feeling of guilt for doing wrong
B) The awareness of right and wrong in one's actions
C) The ability to make good decisions
D) The voice that encourages one to do bad things
B) The awareness of right and wrong in one's actions
What is alliteration?
A) The use of a repeated vowel sound in words close to each other.
B) The repetition of the initial consonant sound in words close to each other.
C) The comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
D) A type of rhyme scheme used in sonnets.
B) The repetition of the initial consonant sound in words close to each other.
What is the major theme of the poem The Character of a Happy Life?
A) The pursuit of wealth
B) The importance of knowledge
C) The value of a simple, happy life
D) The struggle for power
C) The value of a simple, happy life
Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
A) The sun sets slowly over the horizon.
B) The soft whisper of the leaves.
C) The crackle of the fire.
D) The night is dark and deep
C) The crackle of the fire.
What does the word "trudging" most nearly mean?
What is the use of a word or phrase that stands for something else, often an abstract concept?
example:
Often the struggler has given up when he might have captured the victor's cup/
how close he was to the golden crown
A) Symbolism
B) Alliteration
C) Hyperbole
D) Onomatopoeia
A) Symbolism
Who is the poet Don't Quit?
A) Robert Frost
B) Edgar A. Guest
C) Ralph Waldo Emerson
D) Langston Hughes
B) Edgar A. Guest
What is a metaphor?
A) A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
B) A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as“
C) The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words
D) A type of poem that tells a story in song form
B) A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as“
What does the phrase "servile bands" mean?
B) Slavish bonds
What literary device is used in the phrase "He cried a river at the death of his son"?
A) Hyperbole
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Personification
C) Metaphor
What does the broken statue in Ozymandias symbolize?
A) The temporary nature of power and human achievement
B) The permanence of civilization
C) The eternal glory of the king
D) The strength of the ruler's reign
A) The temporary nature of power and human achievement