quiz ingles

Question 1

poem

Answer 1

greek poiema which means work
derived from poiein “to make”

Question 2

speaker

Answer 2

character who speaks or narrates in the poem

Question 3

tone

Answer 3

emotional attitude toward the reader or subject implied by the a poem

Question 4

setting

Answer 4

time and place

Question 5

context

Answer 5

conditions in which the poem occurs

Question 6

stanza

Answer 6

group of lines within a poem

Question 7

couplet

Answer 7

two line stanzas

Question 8

figurative language

Answer 8

writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively

Question 9

metaphor

Answer 9

comparison in which one thing is written about as if it were another

Question 10

simile

Answer 10

comparison that used like or as

Question 11

personification

Answer 11

giving human qualities to something that isn’t human

Question 12

rhythm

Answer 12

pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry

Question 13

meter

Answer 13

regular rhythmic pattern

Question 14

rhyme

Answer 14

repetition of sounds in words

Question 15

imagery

Answer 15

creates a vivid picture in the mind of the reader and appeals to the sense

Question 16

image

Answer 16

picture formed in the mind of the reader

Question 17

main idea

Answer 17

brief statement of what you think the author wants you to know

Question 18

phrase

Answer 18

group of words used as a single part of speech

Question 19

preposition

Answer 19

words that combine with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjetive or noun

Question 20

direct object

Answer 20

the receiver of an action

Question 21

indirect object

Answer 21

receiver of an action

Question 22

modifier

Answer 22

word that adds meaning to a noun adjective, verb or adverb

Question 23

participial

Answer 23

verb form that sometimes can be used like an adjective

Question 24

gerund

Answer 24

noun formed from a verb by the addition of -ing

Question 25

infinitive

Answer 25

verb form preceded by the word to

Question 26

complement

Answer 26

word or group of words added to a sentence to make the sentence complete

Question 27

predicative nominative

Answer 27

word or group of words that follows a linking verb and identifies the subject