ENGLISH II TEST – POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #5
A poetic device used to imitate natural sound is ______________________. - correct
answer onomatopoeia
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called
_________________. - correct answer alliteration
According to the text, the most important distinction between most poetry and all types
of prose is ___________. - correct answer meter
Two successive lines of verse that rhyme with one another are called a
______________. - correct answer couplet
An example of an iambic foot is the word ____________. - correct answer de note'
Blank verse is unrhymed ______________________. - correct answer iambic
pentameter
The line "Say that health and wealth have missed me" is an example of
_________________________. - correct answer trochaic tetrameter
What the most common types of sonnets? - correct answer - Petrarchan
- Shakespearean
The spondee, a substitute foot, has _____ accent(s). - correct answer 2
Poetry written in triplets rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc. Is ______________. - correct
answer terza rima
"O Captain! My Captain!" a line addressed to the assassinated President Lincoln, is an
example of apostrophe.
True or False? - correct answer True
"To see the world in a grain of sand" is an example of paradox.
True or False? - correct answer True
Everyday words such as sheep and knife are not suitable for use in poetry.
True or False? - correct answer False
"Whooshing winds" is an example of onomatopoeia.
True or False? - correct answer True
The line "Fainting I follow, I leave off therefore" contains both a caesura and alliteration.
True or False? - correct answer True
A poetic device used to imitate natural sound is ______________________. - correct
answer onomatopoeia
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called
_________________. - correct answer alliteration
According to the text, the most important distinction between most poetry and all types
of prose is ___________. - correct answer meter
Two successive lines of verse that rhyme with one another are called a
______________. - correct answer couplet
An example of an iambic foot is the word ____________. - correct answer de note'
Blank verse is unrhymed ______________________. - correct answer iambic
pentameter
The line "Say that health and wealth have missed me" is an example of
_________________________. - correct answer trochaic tetrameter
What the most common types of sonnets? - correct answer - Petrarchan
- Shakespearean
The spondee, a substitute foot, has _____ accent(s). - correct answer 2
Poetry written in triplets rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc. Is ______________. - correct
answer terza rima
"O Captain! My Captain!" a line addressed to the assassinated President Lincoln, is an
example of apostrophe.
True or False? - correct answer True
"To see the world in a grain of sand" is an example of paradox.
True or False? - correct answer True
Everyday words such as sheep and knife are not suitable for use in poetry.
True or False? - correct answer False
"Whooshing winds" is an example of onomatopoeia.
True or False? - correct answer True
The line "Fainting I follow, I leave off therefore" contains both a caesura and alliteration.
True or False? - correct answer True
