Poetry Test

Question 0

Meaning “bad sound,” this term refers to words combining sharp or harsh sounds.

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Cacophony

Question 1

A rhetorical figure in which human qualities are attributed to nonhuman things or abstractions.

Answer 1

Personification

Question 2

The repetition of identical consonant sounds such as “Betty Blue.”

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

A figure of speech in which a comparison is being used, using “like” or “as.”

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Simile

Question 4

Measures combinations of heavy and light stresses in poetry.

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Feet

Question 5

A foot of poetry with two unstressed and one stressed syllable, such as “in the moon.”

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Anapest

Question 6

A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 7

The addressing of a work (poem) to a real or imagined person or thing.

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Apostrophe

Question 8

An exaggeration for effect.

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Hyperbole or Overstatement

Question 9

A foot of poetry with one unstressed and one stressed syllable, such as “the tree.”

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Iamb

Question 10

A devaluing for effect.

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Understatement

Question 11

Meaning “good sounds,” this term refers to words containing pleasant sounds.

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Euphony

Question 12

A three-syllable foot consisting of a heavy stress followed by two lights, such as “Notable parables.”

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Dactyl

Question 13

Words and expressions that conform to a particular pattern or form, such as metaphor, simile, etc.

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Figure of Speech

Question 14

The image or figurative language which carries the tenor.

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Vehicle

Question 15

The mood or attitude of a poem.

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Tone

Question 16

A two-syllable foot consisting of a heavy followed by a light stress, such as “flower.”

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Trochee

Question 17

Words which seem to rhyme because parts of them are spelled identically but pronounced differently (e.g. “bear” and “fear”).

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Eye Rhyme

Question 18

A rhetorical figure in which one thing is used as a substitute for another with which it is closely identified.

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Metonymy

Question 19

A near rhyme, such as “should” and “food.”

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Slant Rhyme

Question 20

A rhetorical figure in which a part stands for a whole, or a whole for a part.

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Synecdoche

Question 21

The sense, or meaning, of a metaphor, symbol, or other figurative language.

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Tenor

Question 22

A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated by a period, semi-colon, or comma.

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End-stopped Line

Question 23

A two-syllable foot consisting of successive, equally heavy accents (e.g. “slow time”).

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Spondee

Question 24

A rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nevertheless true.

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Paradox

Question 25

A figure of speech in which a comparison is being made (not using “like” or “as”).

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Metaphor

Question 26

A metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables.

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Pyrrhic

Question 27

Poetry based on the natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses, not metrical feet; French phrase for “free verse.”

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Vers Libre

Question 28

The act of determining the prevailing rhythm of a poem.

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Scansion

Question 29

Rhyming words in which both the vowel and the consonant sounds rhyme, also called “perfect rhyme.”

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Exact Rhyme