Poetry Quiz

Question 1

Poetry

Poetry

Definition

Answer 1

Literary work or form arranged in lines and stanzas

Question 2

Poetry

The word poem comes from….

Word origins and meaning

Answer 2

The Greek word “Poima” which means work

Question 3

Poetry

Poetry uses …… to communicate experiences thoughts or emotion

Fill in the blank

Answer 3

Imaginative and musical language

Question 4

Poetry

Speaker

Definition

Answer 4

Charactaer who speaks in, or narrates the poem. The voice assumed by the writer

Voice of the Poem

Question 5

Poetry

Tone

Definition

Answer 5

Emotional Attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a poem.

Examples: Familiar, Ironic, Playful, Sarcastic, Serious, Sincere

Question 6

Poetry

Are the speaker and the writer the same person?

Answer

Answer 6

Not Necessarily

Question 7

Poetry

Setting

Definition

Answer 7

Time and place in which a literary work occurs

Question 8

Poetry

Context

Definition

Answer 8

Conditions in which the poem occurs

Question 9

Poetry

Context is closely related to setting but focuses more on the ….

Fill in the blank

Answer 9

Environment of the time and place

Question 10

Poetry

Common types of context

Mention

Answer 10

Historical
Cultural

Question 11

Poetry

Figurative Language

Definition

Answer 11

Writing or speech that is meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally. It is specially common in poetry.

Question 12

Poetry

Types of Figurative Language

Mention

Answer 12

Metaphor
Simile
Personification

Question 13

Poetry

Simile

Definition

Answer 13

Comparison that uses like or as

Example: “Cold as Heaven”

Question 14

Poetry

Metaphor

Definition

Answer 14

Comparison in which one thing is written as if it were another

Example: “My joy is the joy of sunlight”

Question 15

Poetry

Personification

Definition

Answer 15

Figure of speech in which an animal, thing, force of nature, or an idea is described as if it were human or given human qualities.

Example: “The hunger of this poem is legendary”

Question 16

Poetry

Imagery

Definition

Answer 16

Descriptive language used to create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader and to appeal to the senses - primarily sight

Question 17

Poetry

Rhythm

Definition

Answer 17

Pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry

Question 18

Poetry

Rhythm can be…

Mention

Answer 18

Regular
Irregular

Question 19

Poetry

Meter

Definition

Answer 19

Regular Rhythmic Pattern

Question 20

Poetry

/

Marks ….. syllables

Answer 20

Stressed Syllables

Question 21

Poetry

U

Marks ….. syllables

Answer 21

Unstressed Syllables

Question 22

Poetry

Unstressed Syllables

Definition

Answer 22

no strong phonetic feeling

Question 23

Poetry

Stressed Syllables

Definition

Answer 23

Where the strength of the phonetic is

Question 24

Poetry

Rhyme

Definition

Answer 24

Repetition of sounds at the ends of words

Example: day, away

Question 25

# Poetry Rhyme Scheme | Definition

Answer 25

Pattern of end rhyme designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme

Question 26

# Poetry Internal Rhyme | Definition

Answer 26

Rhyme that occurs within lines

Question 27

# Poetry End Rhyme | Definition

Answer 27

Rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines

Question 28

# Poetry Slant Rhyme/Near Rhyme | Definition

Answer 28

Use of words that dont exactly rhyme but have a similar sound | Example: Rock, Rot

Question 29

# Poetry Structure | Definition

Answer 29

poems can be divided into stanzas or a group of lines

Question 30

# Poetry Stanzas | Definition

Answer 30

Group of lines

Question 31

# Poetry Types of stanzas | Mention & Definition

Answer 31

Couplet- 2 lines Tercet/Triplet- 3 lines quatrain- 4 lines quintet/quintain- 5 lines sestet- 6 lines septet- 7 lines octave- 8 lines

Question 32

# Poetry Diction | Definition

Answer 32

Authors word choice

Question 33

# Poetry Form | Definition

Answer 33

numerous recognizable elements a poem may contain

Question 34

# Poetry Synonym | Definition

Answer 34

Different words with the same meaning

Question 35

# Poetry Lyric Poem | Definition

Answer 35

Expression of emotions with a musical rhythm

Question 36

# Poetry Sonnet | Definition

Answer 36

Poem with 14 lines, typically with 10 syllables per line

Question 37

# Poetry Narrative Poem | Definition

Answer 37

Poem with only 1 speaker, the narrator, who relates the entire story