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Poetic Devices

Quiz by Suzanne Bradburn

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  • Q1
    How do we refer to the person whose voice is behind the poem?
    narrator
    speaker
    poet
    author
    30s
  • Q2
    How do you know if a line of poetry has enjambment?
    a comma in the middle of the line
    no punctuation at the end of the line
    any punctuation mark at the end of the line
    a period at the end of the line
    30s
  • Q3
    A stanza with four lines is a _______________.
    quatrain
    sestet
    quintet
    couplet
    30s
  • Q4
    An English sonnet's rhyme scheme is made up of:
    4 tercets and a couplet
    4 quatrains and a couplet
    7 couplets
    an octave and a sestet
    30s
  • Q5
    An Italian sonnet's rhyme scheme is made up of:
    ballad stanzas
    7 couplets
    4 quatrains and a couplet
    an octave and a sestet
    30s
  • Q6
    The meter of most sonnets is:
    dactylic hexameter
    trochaic trimeter
    iambic pentameter
    anapestic tetrameter
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a narrative poem?
    a poem that tells a story
    a poem that expresses a feeling
    a poem that only has one character
    a poem that expresses an idea
    30s
  • Q8
    What is NOT a characteristic of a ballad?
    lyric poem
    quatrains
    strong rhymes
    narrative
    30s
  • Q9
    What might a free verse poem have?
    a rhyme scheme
    a narrative
    iambic pentameter
    a haiku structure
    30s
  • Q10
    What is NOT a characteristic of an ode?
    elevated language
    rhyming quatrains
    three stanzas
    praise and glorification
    30s
  • Q11
    What means the same thing as slant rhyme?
    internal rhyme
    approximate rhyme
    end rhyme
    enjambment
    30s
  • Q12
    Alliteration means
    words begin with the same consonant letter
    same vowel sound in the middle of words
    same consonant sound at the beginnings of words
    same consonant sound in the middle of words
    30s
  • Q13
    "Mouse" and "house" have:
    slant rhyme
    half rhyme
    perfect rhyme
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q14
    Consonance means
    imitation of a real sound
    same consonant sound at the beginning of words
    same consonant sound in the middle or end of words
    same vowel sound at the beginning of words
    30s
  • Q15
    "Might" and "Fate" have:
    alliteration
    rhyme
    consonance
    assonance
    30s

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