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Elements of poetry | Mild Attack of Locust

Quiz by Jean Daryl Ampong

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  • Q1
    What is the term used to describe the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?
    Rhyme
    Meter
    Imagery
    Theme
    30s
  • Q2
    What is the term used to describe a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Simile
    30s
  • Q3
    What is the term used to describe the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?
    Onomatopoeia
    Assonance
    Consonance
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following terms refers to the emotional quality or atmosphere created by a poem?
    Tone
    Symbolism
    Imagery
    Mood
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the term used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line of poetry?
    Consonance
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Assonance
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the term used to describe giving non-human objects or ideas human characteristics?
    Personification
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the term used to describe the repetition of similar sounds or syllables at the end of lines in a poem?
    Rhyme
    Meter
    Imagery
    Theme
    30s
  • Q8
    What is the term used to describe the main message or main idea of a poem?
    Meter
    Theme
    Symbolism
    Imagery
    30s
  • Q9
    Which of the following literary devices is used when a word or phrase represents something beyond its literal meaning?
    Hyperbole
    Symbolism
    Assonance
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q10
    What is the term used to describe the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses in a poem?
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    Imagery
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q11
    What was the crop grown on Margaret's farm?
    maize
    rice
    wheat
    barley
    30s
  • Q12
    Where was Margaret born and brought up?
    Johannesburg
    Cape Town
    Durban
    Pretoria
    30s
  • Q13
    What did Margaret notice about Richard and Stephen's complaints?
    They did not go bankrupt
    They stopped complaining
    They became very rich
    They went bankrupt
    30s
  • Q14
    What did Margaret do to help ward off the locusts?
    She called for help
    She prayed for the locusts to leave
    She ran away and hid
    She stoked up the fires and filled cans with liquid
    30s
  • Q15
    How did Margaret describe the sky on fair days?
    like a gray blanket
    like a stormy sea
    like a fiery furnace
    like blue and brilliant halls of air
    30s

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