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May 2, 2023

Poetic Devices: 20 Multiple-Choice Questions

Welcome to the world of poetry, where words are not just letters on a page, but powerful tools that can evoke emotions and paint vivid images in our minds. In this quiz, we’re going to take a closer look at some of these tools – poetic devices – through a series of multiple-choice questions.

Whether you’re a seasoned poet or just starting out, these questions will challenge your knowledge and help you understand how different techniques can bring your writing to life. So grab a pen and paper, and get ready to dive into the exciting world of poetic devices!

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What is the definition of an oxymoron?

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals

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What is the definition of synecdoche?

A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole

Using words or phrases to create mental images in the reader’s mind

A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole.

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What is the definition of symbolism?

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

The use of objects, colors, or other elements to represent abstract ideas or concepts

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What is the definition of irony?

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens

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What is the definition of imagery?

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals

Using exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Using words or phrases to create mental images in the reader’s mind

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What is the definition of stanza?

A type of poem that tells a story

A group of lines in a poem, usually separated from other groups by a blank line

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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What is the definition of simile?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

A comparison using "like" or "as"

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words

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What is the definition of irony?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

A contrast between expectation and reality

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What is the definition of a metaphor?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

A comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as"

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What is the definition of alliteration?

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words

The repetition of the same sound or letter in the middle of adjacent or closely connected words

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What is the definition of personification?

Using exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Using words or phrases to create mental images in the reader’s mind

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals

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What is the definition of enjambment?

The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected lines of poetry

The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next without a pause

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

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What is the definition of rhyme scheme?

The arrangement of words or phrases to create a rhythmic pattern in poetry

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, usually indicated by letters of the alphabet

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What is the definition of repetition?

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence to create emphasis or unity

A comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as"

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What is the definition of metaphor?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words

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What is the definition of tone?

The use of words or phrases that sound like what they mean

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

The writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience of the poem

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What is the definition of hyperbole?

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals

Using exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Using words or phrases to create mental images in the reader’s mind

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What is the definition of consonance?

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the end of adjacent or closely connected words

The repetition of the same consonant sound in the middle or at the end of adjacent or closely connected words

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What is the definition of apostrophe?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person or thing is addressed as if it were present and capable of responding

Using words or phrases to create mental images in the reader’s mind

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What is the definition of metonymy?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it

The repetition of the same sound or letter in the middle or at the end of adjacent or closely connected words

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The average score is 54%

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Conclusion

As you have gone through the journey of exploring various poetic devices through multiple-choice questions, I hope you now feel more confident about identifying and using them in your own writing. Remember that becoming proficient in the use of poetic devices requires practice and experimentation; so don’t be afraid to try new things and push yourself creatively.

If you would like to continue your exploration of literary techniques, I invite you to explore the rest of the content on our website, which offers a wealth of resources, tutorials, and quizzes on all aspects of literature and writing. And if you want to test your skills again, why not give the quiz another go?

Who knows, maybe you’ll surprise yourself with what you know! Whatever path you choose, remember that engaging with language is an enjoyable and rewarding pursuit that will enrich your mind and expand your horizons. Happy learning!

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Famous Poems: 20 Multiple-Choice Questions

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"The Odyssey" is a famous epic poem by Homer. What is the next line of this poem after "Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero"?

Who wandered far and wide, after he had sacked

The Cyclops' giant cave, where he had been trapped

By a monster of the sea, that no one had ever seen

And sailed the wine-dark sea with many pains,

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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by,"

- What is the next line of this poem by Robert Frost?

And that has made all the difference.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

Whose woods these are I think I know.

I met a traveler from an antique land

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"Ode to a Nightingale" is a famous poem by John Keats. What is the next line of this poem after "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains"?

My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,

My thoughts, in company with the Nightingale

Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn,

And magic casements, opening on the foam

4 / 20

"And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."

- What is the title of this poem?

The Waste Land

The Road Not Taken

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

5 / 20

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night;"

- What is the next line of this poem by William Blake?

What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

Little lamb, who made thee?

And did those feet in ancient time,

When I consider how my light is spent,

6 / 20

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

- What is the title of this poem?

Song of Myself

Leaves of Grass

The Waste Land

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

7 / 20

"Water, water, everywhere,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink."

- What is the title of this poem?

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Kubla Khan

Ode to a Nightingale

Don Juan

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"The Sun Rising" is a famous poem by John Donne. What is the next line of this poem after "Busy old fool, unruly Sun, / Why dost thou thus"?

Through windows, and through curtains call on us?

And leave thy journeying once begun,

To scorn the earth with so bright a fire?

Thy beams, so reverend and strong

9 / 20

"Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –

The Carriage held but just Ourselves –

And Immortality."

- What is the title of this poem?

- Who is the author of this poem?

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Howl

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Because I could not stop for Death

10 / 20

"The Moon" is a famous poem by Sappho. What is the next line of this poem after "But when you fail to meet me"?

I sit alone and weep,

The stars will weep their sorrow,

My heart is heavy and my feet are lead,

Like a fisherman’s bait the moon dangles and shimmers

11 / 20

"I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul."

- What is the title of this poem?

Invictus

Howl

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

The Waste Land

12 / 20

"Oh, my luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: Oh, my luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune."

- What is the title of this poem?

Ode to a Nightingale

Ode on a Grecian Urn

A Red, Red Rose

Sonnet 18

13 / 20

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date."

- What is the title of this poem?

A Summer's Day

Sonnet 18

Summer's Lease

The Darling Buds Of May

14 / 20

"The Second Coming" is a famous poem by William Butler Yeats. What is the next line of this poem after "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold"?

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

What rough beast, its hour come round at last,

A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,

15 / 20

"Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

- Who is the author of this poem?

William Wordsworth

Robert Frost

Dylan Thomas

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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"Daddy" is a famous poem by Sylvia Plath. What is the next line of this poem after "You do not do, you do not do / Any more, black shoe"?

In which I have lived like a foot

I have always been scared of you,

The vampire who said he was you

The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna

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"I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils."

- What is the title of this poem?

Ode to a Nightingale

Endymion

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;" - What is the next line of this poem by T.S. Eliot?

And licked the darkness from my spoon.

The morning comes to consciousness

The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes

In the room the women come and go

19 / 20

"We real cool. We left school. We lurk late."

- What is the next line of this poem by Gwendolyn Brooks?

We strike straight. We sing sin.

We die soon.

e jazz June. We die soon.

We break the rules. We make the rules.

20 / 20

"Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all."

- Who is the author of this poem?

Lord Byron

Percy Bysshe Shelley

William Wordsworth

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Forms Of Poetry: 20 Multiple-Choice Questions

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Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by three-line stanzas, with the second line repeating as the last line of the previous stanza?

Sestina

Terza rima

Terzanelle

Villanelle

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What is the name of the poetic form consisting of four-line stanzas, with a rhyme scheme of ABAB, typically used to express love or praise?

Rondeau

Pantoum

Ballade

Villanelle

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What is the name of the poetic form in which each line or stanza repeats the same sequence of words, but in reverse order?

Palindrome

Tanka

Terza rima

Ghazal

4 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form consisting of two lines, with the first line asking a question and the second line providing an answer?

Haiku

Riddle

Ghazal

Tanka

5 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by three stanzas of three lines each and a final quatrain?

Villanelle

Sestina

Terza rima

Rondeau

6 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, with a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-B?

Rondeau

Ballad

Triolet

Poulter's measure

7 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by a poem that describes or meditates on the natural world, often using vivid imagery and sensory language?

Sonnet

Ode

Elegy

Pantoum

8 / 20

What is the name for a poetic form consisting of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter?

Villanelle

Sonnet

Haiku

Ghazal

9 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form in which the poem's shape on the page reflects its subject matter?

Concrete poetry

Cento

Ghazal

Cinquain

10 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form in which two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter are followed by a rhyming line of iambic tetrameter?

Heroic couplet

Terza rima

Rondeau

Villanelle

11 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form that originated in ancient Arabic poetry, consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, typically used to express love or melancholy?

Ghazal

Rondeau

Sestina

Villanelle

12 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form that uses the repetition of a single word or phrase at the end of each line, and can be as short as three lines or as long as multiple stanzas?

Sestina

Ghazal

Refrain

Elegy

13 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or phrase?

Elegy

Acrostic

Ode

Villanelle

14 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form consisting of a series of unrhymed tercets followed by a quatrain, with the same end words used throughout the poem in a specific pattern?

Terza rima

Villanelle

Sestina

Rondeau

15 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by six sestets and a final tercet, with a complex pattern of repeating end words?

Sestina

Rondeau

Villanelle

Ghazal

16 / 20

What is the name of the poetic form in which a speaker addresses someone or something that is absent or not able to respond?

Sonnet

Ode

Elegy

Apostrophe

17 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by a poem that tells a story through a series of quatrains, with a rhyme scheme of ABAB?

Ballad

Villanelle

Rondeau

Pantoum

18 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms consists of a three-line stanza, with a syllable count of 5-7-5, but also includes a two-line stanza at the end, with a syllable count of 7-7?

Rondeau

Tanka

Ghazal

Villanelle

19 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms consists of a series of six-line stanzas, with a specific rhyme scheme and the repetition of certain end words throughout the poem?

Rondeau

Sestina

Villanelle

Renga

20 / 20

Which of the following poetic forms originated in ancient Greece and typically consists of a long narrative poem about heroic deeds?

Ballad

Epic

Sonnet

Villanelle

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